DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,972

AMPHENOL BACKPLANE SYSTEMS
A SUBSIDIARY OF AMPHENOL CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MICROTECH STAFFING GROUP AND ACCOUNTEMPS
NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE


Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; or
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 4, 2009 by a company official on behalf of the
workers of Amphenol Backplane Systems, a subsidiary of Amphenol
Corporation, Nashua, New Hampshire (Amphenol Backplane
Systems). The workers were engaged in activities related to the
production of backplane assemblies and electrical connectors.
Workers are not separately identifiable by product. The worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Microtech Staffing
Group and Accountemps.
The investigation revealed that workers of Amphenol
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Microtech
Staffing Group and Accountemps, Nashua, New Hampshire, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of backplane
assemblies and electrical connectors meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in production of backplane assemblies by Amphenol
Backplane Systems to Mexico.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production
of backplane assemblies by Amphenol Backplane Systems to Mexico
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Amphenol
Backplane Systems.





















Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Amphenol Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from Microtech Staffing Group
and Accountemps, Nashua, New Hampshire, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of backplane assemblies and
electrical connectors, meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a).
In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Amphenol Corporation, including on-site
leased workers from Microtech Staffing Group and
Accountemps, Nashua, New Hampshire, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 1,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on date of certification through
two years from the date of certification, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 13th day of November, 2009.


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance