DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,083

HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INC.
SIOUX CITY PLANT
SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA


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 August 20, 2009 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers of Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Sioux Falls,
South Dakota. The workers at the subject firm produced
suspension assemblies for computer disk drives.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject firm
who are engaged in the production of suspension assemblies meet
the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers were separated from employment by the
subject firm during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of suspension assemblies by the subject firm
have decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles or services like or directly competitive
with suspension assemblies, articles produced by workers at
the subject firm, have increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
an increased customer reliance on imported suspension
assemblies contributed importantly to subject firm sales and
production declines, resulting in separations of workers by
the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hutchinson Technology
Incorporated, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of suspension assemblies
for computer disk drives, 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 Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Sioux
Falls, South Dakota, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 19, 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 7th day of October, 2009.


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