DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,827

ORTHODYNE ELECTRONICS
BUSINESS UNITS OF KULICKE & SOFFA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK, INSIGHT GLOBAL, ITC, AND TRIPLE CROWN
IRVINE, 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 by a company official on November 5, 2010 on behalf of
workers of Orthodyne Electronics, Business Units of Kulicke &
Soffa, including on-site leased workers from Aerotek, Insight
Global, ITC, and Triple Crown, Irvine, California. The workers
produce capital equipment.
The investigation revealed that workers of Orthodyne
Electronics, Business Units of Kulicke & Soffa, Irvine,
California, who are engaged in employment related to
production of capital equipment, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
the workers are threatened with total or partial separations.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has committed to shift to a foreign country the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production contributed importantly to threatened worker group
separations at Orthodyne Electronics, Irvine, California.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Orthodyne
Electronics, Business Units of Kulicke & Soffa, Irvine,
California, who are engaged in employment related to production
of capital 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 Orthodyne Electronics, Business Units of
Kulicke & Soffa, including on-site leased workers from
Aerotek, Insight Global, ITC, and Triple Crown, Irvine,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 1, 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 10th day of December, 2010


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance