DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,764

KEMET ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PHILLIPS STAFFING
EXCLUDING THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE DEPARTMENT AND
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE DEPARTMENT
SIMPSONVILLE, 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 May 28, 2013 by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of KEMET Electronics Corporation, Simpsonville, South
Carolina. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of electronic capacitors. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Phillips Staffing.
Workers of KEMET Electronics Corporation, Accounts
Payable Department and Accounts Receivable Department,
Simpsonville, South Carolina, are certified under petition
number TA-W-82,178 that expires on December 14, 2014.
Therefore, workers in the Accounts Payable Department and
Accounts Receivable Department are excluded from this
certification.
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 acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with the electronic capacitors produced by
the workers, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at KEMET Electronics Corporation, Simpsonville,
South Carolina.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of KEMET Electronics
Corporation, Simpsonville, South Carolina, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of electronic 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 KEMET Electronics Corporation, including
leased on-site workers of Phillips Staffing, and
excluding workers in the Accounts Payable Department and
Accounts Receivable Department, Simpsonville, South
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 24, 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 June, 2013.


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