DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,891

TOKYO OHKA KOGYO AMERICA, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF TOKYO OHKA KOGYO, LTD. CO.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK, ADDECO, AND KELLY SERVICES
HILLSBORO, OREGON

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 on June 9, 2016 by a state workforce official on behalf of
workers of Tokyo Ohka Kogyo America, Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo
Ohka Kogyo, Ltd. Co., Hillsboro, Oregon (Tokyo Ohka Kogyo
America). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of specialty chemicals for the semiconductor
industry. Workers are not separately identifiable by articles
produced. The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Aerotek, Addeco and Kelly Services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the subject firm's major
declining customer(s).
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 specialty chemicals produced by Tokyo Ohka
Kogyo America have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
specialty chemicals produced by Tokyo Ohka Kogyo America have
increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Tokyo Ohka Kogyo
America.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Tokyo Ohka Kogyo
America, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of specialty chemicals, 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 Tokyo Ohka Kogyo America, Inc., a subsidiary
of Tokyo Ohka Kogyo, Ltd. Co., including on-site leased
workers from Aerotek, Addeco, and Kelly Services, Hillsboro,
Oregon, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 8, 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 5th day of August 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance