DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,214

KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK AND ITC
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) WAGES WERE
REPORTED THROUGH ORTHODYNE ELECTRONICS
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 December 5, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Kulicke & Soffa Industries, including on-site
leased workers from Aerotek and ITC, including workers whose
unemployment insurance (UI) wages were reported through
Orthodyne Electronics, Irvine, California (Kulicke and Soffa
Industries). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of capital equipment- wedge bonders.
The worker group under investigation was formerly known
as Orthodyn Electronics. The workers of Orthodyne Electronics
were determined eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) benefits, under petition (TA-W-74,827) which
expired on December 10, 2012.
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 Kulicke and Soffa Industries.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kulicke & Soffa
Industries, including on-site leased workers from Aerotek and
ITC, including workers whose unemployment insurance (UI) wages
were reported through Orthodyne Electronics, Irvine,
California, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of capital equipment- wedge bonders 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 Kulicke & Soffa Industries, including on-
site leased workers from Aerotek and ITC, including
workers whose unemployment insurance (UI) wages were
reported through Orthodyne Electronics, Irvine,
California, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 11, 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 19th day of December, 2012.


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