DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,535

ASTEELFLASH US EAST CORP.
US EAST
A SUBSIDIARY OF ASTEELFLASH GROUP
OWEGO, NEW YORK

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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed by a company official on March 7, 2013 on behalf of
workers of Asteelflash US East Corp., US East, a subsidiary of
Asteelflash Group, Owego, New York. The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to production of printed circuit
board assemblies.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of printed circuit board assemblies by
Asteelflash US East Corp., Owego, New York have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
printed circuit board assemblies produced by Asteelflash US
East Corp., Owego, New York, have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Asteelflash US East Corp., Owego, New York.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers Asteelflash US East
Corp., US East, a subsidiary of Asteelflash Group, Owego, New
York, who are engaged in activities related to production of
printed circuit board assemblies, 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 Asteelflash US East Corp., US East, a
subsidiary of Asteelflash Group, Owego, New York, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after March 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 9th day of April, 2013

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