DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,166

AVX CORPORATION
MYRTLE BEACH COMPLEX
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF IHT AND HUFF CONSULTING
MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA

TA-W-81,166A

AVX CORPORATION
MYRTLE BEACH COMPLEX
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF IHT AND HUFF CONSULTING
CONWAY, SOUTH CAROLINA


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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers’ separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on December 14, 2011 by the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers Union, Local 1591, on behalf of workers of
AVX Corporation, Myrtle Beach Complex, Myrtle Beach (TA-W-
81,166) and Conway, South Carolina (TA-W-81,166A) (collectively
known as the Myrtle Beach Complex). The worker group includes
on-site leased workers from IHT and Huff Consulting. Workers at
the Myrtle Beach Complex are engaged in activities related to
the production of ceramic capacitors.
Workers located at AVX Corporation, Myrtle Beach Complex,
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina were previously certified eligible
to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TA-W-72,638). The
certification expired on January 5, 2012.
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, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers’
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the ceramic capacitors
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at the Myrtle Beach Complex.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of AVX Corporation,
Myrtle Beach Complex, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (TA-W-81,166)
and Conway, South Carolina, (TA-W-81,166A), including on-site
leased workers from IHT and Huff Consulting, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of ceramic capacitors, 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 AVX Corporation, Myrtle Beach Complex,
including on-site leased workers from IHT and Huff
Consulting, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (TA-W-81,166), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 6, 2012, 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;” and
“All workers of AVX Corporation, Myrtle Beach Complex,
including on-site leased workers from IHT and Huff
Consulting, Conway, South Carolina (TA-W-81,166A), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after December 6, 2010, 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 3rd day of February, 2012.

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