DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,845

KEITHLEY INSTRUMENT
SOLON, OHIO

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) 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 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
the shift/acquisition must have contributed importantly to the
workers' separation or threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) petition filed on June 25, 2013 by a
company official of Keithley Instruments, Solon, Ohio (Keithley).
The subject firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of electronic test and measurement equipment. Workers are not
separately identifiable by product line.
Workers at the subject firm were eligible to apply for TAA
under TA-W-80,264, which expired on July 8, 2013.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at Keithley 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 electronic testing and measurement
equipment produced by the workers, which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Keithley.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Keithley Instruments,
Solon, Ohio, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of electronic testing and measurement equipment, 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 Keithley Instruments, Solon, Ohio, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
July 9, 2013, 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 23rd day of August, 2013

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance