DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,219

AVX CORPORATION
PASSIVE COMPONENTS DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF KYOCERA CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SOUTH COAST NETWORKS
MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA

TA-W-91,219A

AVX CORPORATION
PASSIVE COMPONENTS DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF KYOCERA CORPORATION
CONWAY, 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 December 14, 2015 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of AVX Corporation, Passive Components
Division, a subsidiary of Kyocera Corporation, including on-
site leased workers from South Coast Networks, Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina (TA-W-91,219) and AVX Corporation, Passive
Components Division, a subsidiary of Kyocera Corporation,
Conway, South Carolina (TA-W-91,219A) (herein known as "AVX
Corporation"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of ceramic capacitors.
The worker group was certified eligible to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) under petition number TA-W-
83,247. The certification expired on December 12, 2015.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 AVX Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of AVX Corporation,
Passive Components Division, a subsidiary of Kyocera
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from South Coast
Networks, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (TA-W-91,219) and AVX
Corporation, Passive Components Division, a subsidiary of
Kyocera Corporation, Conway, South Carolina (TA-W-91,219A),
who are engaged in activities related to the 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, Passive Components
Division, a subsidiary of Kyocera Corporation, including
on-site leased workers from South Coast Networks, Myrtle
Beach, South Carolina (TA-W-91,219) and AVX Corporation,
Passive Components Division, a subsidiary of Kyocera
Corporation, Conway, South Carolina (TA-W-91,219A), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after December 13, 2015 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 3rd day of March 2016.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance