DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,849

LTX-CREDENCE CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ATR INTERNATIONAL, INC
HILLSBORO, OREGON

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 April 4, 2010 by a state workforce agency on behalf of
workers of LTX-Credence Corporation, Hillsboro, Oregon. The
workers are engaged in activities related to the design and
production of automatic test equipment. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from ATR International, Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of LTX-Credence
Corporation, who are engaged in activities related to design and
production of automatic test equipment, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
acquired automatic test equipment from a foreign country
during the relevant period.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm contributed importantly
to worker group separations at the Hillsboro, Oregon facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of LTX-Credence
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from ATR
International, Inc., Hillsboro, Oregon, who are engaged in
activities related to design and production of automatic test
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 LTX-Credence Corporation, including on-site
leased workers from ATR International, Inc., Hillsboro,
Oregon, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 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 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 13th day of August, 2010


/s/ Michael W. Jaffe

______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance