DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,519

SV PROBE, INC.
GILBERT, ARIZONA

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 February 19, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers at SV Probe, Inc., Gilbert, Arizona. The workers are
engaged in the production of blade cards (a type of probe card
used to test semiconductor wafers) and are not separately
identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject firm
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
blade cards meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at the subject firm has been totally or
partially separated, or threatened with such separation,
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the subject firm has
shifted to foreign countries production of articles like or
directly competitive with blade cards produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the aforementioned
production shift to China and Vietnam contributed importantly
to worker group separations at the Gilbert, Arizona facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SV Probe, Inc.,
Gilbert, Arizona, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of blade cards, 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 SV Probe, Inc., Gilbert, Arizona, engaged
in the production of blade cards, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February
16, 2009, 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 14th day of May, 2010


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance