DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,160

TTM TECHNOLOGIES
STAFFORD DIVISION
STAFFORD, CONNECTICUT

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 11, 2009 by the State of Connecticut on behalf of
workers of TTM Technologies, Stafford Division, Stafford,
Connecticut. The workers produce printed circuit boards.
The investigation revealed that workers of TTM Technologies
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
printed circuit boards meet the criteria as suppliers for
secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated.
Criterion II has been met because workers of TTM
Technologies produced and sold printed circuit boards to be
incorporated into propulsion systems to a firm that employed a
worker group who is covered by an active certification based
on a shift in production.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by TTM Technologies with the TAA-certified firm, with respect
to printed circuit boards sold to the TAA-certified firm,
contributed importantly to worker separations at TTM
Technologies, Stafford Division, Stafford, Connecticut.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TTM Technologies,
Stafford Division, Stafford, Connecticut 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 TTM Technologies, Stafford Division,
Stafford, Connecticut who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 10, 2009 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 26th day of February, 2010


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