DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,357

HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
DISK DRIVE COMPONENTS
EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN

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 January 26, 2010 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Hutchinson Technologies, Inc., Disk Drive
Components, Eau Claire, Wisconsin (Hutchinson). The workers
are engaged in activities related to the production of
suspension assemblies that customers use as a component part for
disk drives.
The investigation revealed that workers of Hutchinson who
are engaged in activities related to production of suspension
assemblies meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of suspension assemblies by Hutchinson have
decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with
suspension assemblies have increased. Specifically, customers
of Hutchinson have increased their reliance of imported
articles like or directly competitive with those produced by
Hutchinson during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of suspension assemblies by customers of
Hutchinson contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Hutchinson.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hutchinson
Technologies, Inc., Disk Drive Components, Eau Claire,
Wisconsin, who are engaged in employment related to production
of suspension assemblies 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 Technologies, Inc., Disk Drive
Components, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 14,
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 15th day of April, 2010.


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