DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,020

VISHAY SPRAGUE, INC.
D/B/A VISHAY CERA-MITE
CERA-MITE DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF VISHAY INTERNATIONAL
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO EMPLOYMENT
SERVICES, CROWN SERVICES, INC., WFA STAFFING,
ARGUS TECHNICAL, AND SEEK CAREERS/STAFFING
GRAFTON, WISCONSIN

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 5, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Vishay Sprague, Inc., d/b/a Vishay Cera-Mite, Cera-
Mite Division, a subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology, Grafton,
Wisconsin (Vishay Sprague, Inc). The workers were engaged in
production of ceramic capacitors and non-linear resistors for
the electronics industry. The worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Adecco Employment Services, Crown Service,
Inc., WFA Staffing, Argus Technical, and Seek Careers/Staffing.
The investigation revealed that the worker group meets the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the worker group were separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Vishay Sprague, Inc. has
shifted to a foreign country the production of articles like
or directly competitive with the ceramic capacitors and non-
linear resistors produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of ceramic capacitors and non-linear resistors to the
Czech Republic, China and Germany contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Vishay Sprague, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Vishay Sprague, Inc.,
d/b/a Vishay Cera-Mite, Cera-Mite Division, Grafton, Wisconsin,
who were engaged in employment related to production of ceramic
capacitors and non-linear resistors 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 Vishay Sprague, Inc., d/b/a Vishay Cera-
Mite, Cera-Mite Division, including on-site leased workers
from Adecco Employment Services, Crown Service, Inc., WFA
Staffing, Argus Technical, and Seek Careers/Staffing,
Grafton, Wisconsin, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 5, 2008, through
two years from the date of certification, and all workers
in the group threatened with total or partial separation
from employment on the 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 23rd day of October, 2009

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. GAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance