DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,022

SANYO MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF SANYO ELECTRIC
FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS

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. (Set forth in 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 State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of Sanyo Manufacturing Corporation, a subsidiary of Sanyo
Electric, Forrest City, Arkansas. The workers are engaged in
employment related to the production of televisions. Workers of
Sanyo Manufacturing Corporation, Forrest City, Arkansas were
covered by certification number TA-W-60,570, which expired on
December 26, 2008.
The investigation revealed that workers of Sanyo Forrest
City, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of televisions meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers at Sanyo Manufacturing Corporation have become totally or
partially separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because there has been a shift by
Sanyo Manufacturing Corporation to a foreign country in the
production of articles like or directly competitive with those
produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production
to Mexico contributed importantly to worker group separations at
the Forrest City, Arkansas facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sanyo Manufacturing
Corporation, a subsidiary of Sanyo Electric, Forrest City,
Arkansas, who are engaged in activities related to production of
televisions, 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 Sanyo Manufacturing Corporation, a
subsidiary of Sanyo Electric, Forrest City, Arkansas, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after December 27, 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 30th day of December, 2009


/S/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance