DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,882

SABRITEC
A SUBSIDIAY OF SMITHS GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM MATTSON RESOURCES AND KIMCO FINANCIAL
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA

TA-W-81,882A

ROBERT HALF AND ADVANTEX
WORKING ON-SITE AT SABRITEC
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:
(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 August 10, 2012 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Sabritec, a subsidiary of Smiths Group,
including on-site leased workers from Mattson Resources and
Kimco Financial, Irvine, California (TA-W-81,882) and Robert
Half and Advantex working on-site at Sabritec, Irvine,
California (TA-W-81,882A) (Sabritec). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production and design of
filter connectors, high speed Quadrax and Twinax for Fibre
Channel, Ethernet IEE 1394 Firewire, fiber optic, coax, triax,
high power and high density miniature.
The worker group, Sabritec, a subsidiary of Smiths Group,
including on-site leased workers from Mattson Resources and
Kimco Financial, Irvine, California (TA-W-81,882), was
determined eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA) benefits, under petition TA-W-72,329, which expired on
April 12, 2012. The worker group, Robert Half and Advantex
working on-site at Sabritec, Irvine, California (TA-W-
81,882A), was not included in petition TA-W-72,329.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
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 article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Sabritec.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sabritec, a
subsidiary of Smiths Group, including on-site leased workers
from Mattson Resources and Kimco Financial, Irvine, California
(TA-W-81,882) and Robert Half and Advantex working on-site at
Sabritec, Irvine, California (TA-W-81,882A), who are engaged
in activities related to the production of and design of
filter connectors, high speed Quadrax and Twinax for Fibre
Channel, Ethernet IEE 1394 Firewire, fiber optic, coax, triax,
high power and high density miniature 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 Sabritec, a subsidiary of Smiths Group,
including on-site leased workers from Mattson Resources
and Kimco Financial, Irvine, California (TA-W-81,882),
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after April 13, 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


jAll workers of Robert Half and Advantex working on-site
at Sabritec, Irvine, California (TA-W-81,882A), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after August 9, 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 31st day of August, 2012.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance