DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,444

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM K2 ASSOCIATES
AND NSTAR
RIO RANCHO, NEW MEXICO

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 29, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Applied Materials, Inc., Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
The workers supply repair services for semiconductor production
equipment. The worker group includes on-site leased workers
from K2 Associates and NSTAR.
Workers of Applied Materials, Inc. in Boise, Idaho (TA-W-
71,443), Sandstone, Virginia (TA-W-71,445), Santa Clara,
California (TA-W-71,446), and Lehi, Utah (TA-W-71,448) are
covered by active petitions that are under investigation.
Workers of Applied Materials, Inc., working on-site at Micron
Technology, Inc., Boise, Idaho are covered by certification
number TA-W-72,023A. Workers of Applied Materials, Inc.,
Austin, Texas are covered by certification number TA-W-71,447.

The investigation revealed that workers of Applied
Materials, Inc., Rio Rancho, New Mexico who are engaged in
employment related to repair services for semiconductor
production equipment meet the criteria as Suppliers for
secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated from employment during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of
Applied Materials, Inc., Rio Rancho, New Mexico supplied
repair services to Intel Corporation, Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
Workers of Intel Corporation, Rio Rancho, New Mexico are
covered by certification number TA-W-63,952 issued based on
increased imports following a shift in production.
Criterion III has been met because the repair services
supplied by Applied Materials, Inc. for Intel Corporation
accounted for at least 20 percent of the sales of Applied
Materials, Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Applied Materials,
Inc., Rio Rancho, New Mexico, who are engaged in employment
related to repair services for semiconductor production
equipment 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 Applied Materials, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from K2 Associates and NSTAR, Rio Rancho,
New Mexico, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 25, 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 4th day of November, 2009


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