DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,768

SOLID STATE MEASUREMENTS, INC.
A SUBSIDARY OF
SEMILAB SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS LABORATORY CO. LTD.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
OXFORD SOLUTIONS, INC.
PITTSBURGH, 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:
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. See 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 November 4, 2009 on behalf of workers of Solid State
Measurements, Inc., a subsidiary of Semilab Semiconductor
Physics Laboratory Co., Ltd., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (SSM).
The workers are engaged in activities related to the production
of semiconductor measurement equipment. The work group
consists of on-site leased workers from Oxford Solutions, Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of SSM who are
engaged in activities related to the production of
semiconductor measurement equipment meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because 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.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
activities related to the production of semiconductor
measurement equipment to Hungary by SSM contributed
importantly to worker group separations at SSM.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Solid State
Measurements, Inc., a subsidiary of Semilab Semiconductor
Physics Laboratory Co. LTD., including on-site leased workers
from Oxford Solutions, Inc, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of semiconductor
measurement 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 Solid State Measurements, Inc., a
subsidiary of Semilab Semiconductor Physics Laboratory
Co. LTD., including on-site leased workers from Oxford
Solutions, Inc, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 3, 2008, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on 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 9th day of December, 2009.


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