DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,247

AVX CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF KYOCERA GROUP COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
IHT STAFFING AND HUFF CONSULTING
MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA

TA-W-83,247A

AVX CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF KYOCERA GROUP COMPANY
CONWAY, SOUTH CAROLINA

TA-W-83,247B

SOUTH COAST NETWORKS
WORKING ON-SITE AT AVX CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF KYOCERA GROUP COMPANY
MYRTLE BEACH, 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 November 27, 2013 by the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers (IBEW), local 1591 on behalf of workers of
AVX Corporation, a subsidiary of Kyocera Group Company,
including on-site leased workers from IHT Staffing and Huff
Consulting, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (TA-W-83,247), AVX
Corporation, a subsidiary of Kyocera Group Company, Conway,
South Carolina (TA-W-83,247A), and South Coast Networks
working on-site at AVX Corporation, a subsidiary of Kyocera
Group Company, Myrtle Beach, California (TA-W-83,247B). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of ceramic capacitors.
Workers of AVX Corporation, a subsidiary of Kyocera Group
Company, including on-site leased workers from IHT Staffing
and Huff Consulting, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (TA-W-
83,247) and AVX Corporation, a subsidiary of Kyocera Group
Company, Conway, South Carolina (TA-W-83,247A), were
previously certified under petition numbers TA-W-81,166 and
TA-W-81,166A, which expire on February 3, 2014.
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 articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at AVX Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of AVX Corporation, a
subsidiary of Kyocera Group Company, including on-site leased
workers from IHT Staffing and Huff Consulting, Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina (TA-W-83,247), AVX Corporation, a subsidiary of
Kyocera Group Company, Conway, South Carolina (TA-W-83,247A),
and South Coast Networks working on-site at AVX Corporation, a
subsidiary of Kyocera Group Company, Myrtle Beach, California
(TA-W-83,247B), who are engaged in activities related to
production of ceramic 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 AVX Corporation, a subsidiary of Kyocera
Group Company, including on-site leased workers from IHT
Staffing and Huff Consulting, Myrtle Beach, South
Carolina (TA-W-83,247) and AVX Corporation, a subsidiary
of Kyocera Group Company, Conway, South Carolina (TA-W-
83,247A) who become totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 4, 2014 through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on February 4, 2014 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,
AND



All workers of South Coast Networks working on-site at AVX
Corporation, a subsidiary of Kyocera Group Company,
Myrtle Beach, California (TA-W-83,247B) who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after November
20, 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 12th day of December, 2013.


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