DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,311

KEMET FOIL MANUFACTURING, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF KEMET ELECTRONICS COMPANY
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

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 October 7, 2016 by a company official on behalf of
workers of KEMET Foil Manufacturing, LLC, a subsidiary of KEMET
Electronics Company, Knoxville, Tennessee (KEMET Foil
Manufacturing, LLC). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of formed aluminum foil used in
electrolyte capacitors. The subject worker group does not
include on-site leased workers.
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 formed aluminum foil by KEMET Foil
Manufacturing, LLC have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the formed aluminum
foil produced by KEMET Foil Manufacturing, LLC have increased
during the relevant period when compared to the representative
base period.
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 KEMET Foil
Manufacturing, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of KEMET Foil
Manufacturing, LLC, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of formed aluminum foil used in electrolyte
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 KEMET Foil Manufacturing, LLC, a
subsidiary of KEMET Electronics Company, Knoxville,
Tennessee, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 6, 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 9th day of December 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance