DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,870

AMPHENOL TCS
MILPITAS, CALIFORNIA

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 7, 2010 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Amphenol TCS in Milpitas, California (Amphenol). The workers
manufacture high-speed backplanes used in the electronic connector
manufacturing industry. Workers are not separately identifiable
by product. The worker group does not include on-site leased
workers.
The investigation revealed that workers of Amphenol, who
were engaged in employment related to the production of the
high-speed backplanes, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers has been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject firm
is shifting the production of high-speed backplanes to Mexico.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production contributed importantly to the worker separations
at the Milpitas, California facility.




Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Amphenol, Milpitas,
California, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of high-speed backplanes, 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 Amphenol TCS, Milpitas, California, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 6, 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 30th day of July, 2010

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