DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,034

TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
FORMERLY VIASYSTEMS
FOREST GROVE OPERATIONS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
KELLY SERVICES AND RANDSTAD
FOREST GROVE, 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 July 20, 2016 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of TTM Technologies, Inc., formerly ViaSystems, Forest
Grove Operations, Forest Grove, Oregon (herein referred to as
"TTM Technologies"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of rigid printed circuit boards. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Kelly Services
and Randstad.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, and the
major declining customer(s) of 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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of rigid printed circuit boards by TTM
Technologies have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by TTM Technologies have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at TTM
Technologies.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TTM Technologies,
Inc., formerly ViaSystems, Forest Grove Operations, including
on-site leased workers from Kelly Services and Randstad, Forest
Grove, Oregon, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of rigid printed circuit boards 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 TTM Technologies, Inc., formerly
ViaSystems, Forest Grove Operations, including on-site
leased workers from Kelly Services and Randstad, Forest
Grove, Oregon, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after July 19, 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 2nd day of February 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance