DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,738

MATERIALS CTI, LLC
FORMERLY CRYSTAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
EPCOS CTI, INC. WHICH IS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
EPCOS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
RICHMAR ASSOCIATES, INC.
PALO ALTO, 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:
(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 June 21, 2012 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Materials CTI, LLC, formerly Crystal Technology,
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of EPCOS CTI, Inc. which is a
wholly owned subsidiary of EPCOS, Inc., Palo Alto, California
(Materials CTI). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of crystal ingots and wafers. The
workers are not separately identifiable. The subject worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Richmar Associates,
Inc.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Materials CTI.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Materials CTI, LLC,
formerly Crystal Technology, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary
of EPCOS CTI, Inc. which is a wholly owned subsidiary of
EPCOS, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Richmar
Associates, Inc., Palo Alto, California, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of crystal ingots and
wafers 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 Materials CTI, LLC, formerly Crystal
Technology, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of EPCOS CTI,
Inc. which is a wholly owned subsidiary of EPCOS, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Richmar Associates,
Inc., Palo Alto, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 20,
2011 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 5th day of July, 2012.



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