DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,256

POWEREX, INC.
YOUNGWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 17, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Powerex, Inc., Youngwood, Pennsylvania. The workers
produce high powered semi-conductors.
The investigation revealed that workers of Powerex meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of the firm have decreased during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with semiconductors
produced by Powerex have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to worker
separations and sales/production declines at Powerex.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Powerex who are
engaged in employment related to production of semiconductors
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 Powerex, Inc., Youngwood, Pennsylvania, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 10, 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 26th day of February, 2010


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