DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,354

KIONIX, INC.
36 THORNWOOD DRIVE
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ROHM CO., LTD.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM STAFKINGS
ITHACA, NEW YORK

TA-W-92,354A

KIONIX, INC.
22 THORNWOOD DRIVE
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ROHM CO., LTD.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM STAFKINGS
ITHACA, NEW YORK

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 October 24, 2016 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Kionix, Inc., 36 Thornwood Drive, a wholly owned
subsidiary of ROHM Co., Ltd., including on-site leased workers
from Stafkings, Ithaca, New York (TA-W-92,354) and Kionix,
Inc., 22 Thornwood Drive, a wholly owned subsidiary of ROHM
Co., Ltd., including on-site leased workers from Stafkings,
Ithaca, New York (TA-W-92,354A) (herein referred to as
"Kionix, Inc."). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of microelectromechanical sensors: 3-
axis accelerometers and gyroscopes.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Kionix, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kionix, Inc., 36
Thornwood Drive, a wholly owned subsidiary of ROHM Co., Ltd.,
including on-site leased workers from Stafkings, Ithaca, New
York (TA-W-92,354) and Kionix, Inc., 22 Thornwood Drive, a
wholly owned subsidiary of ROHM Co., Ltd., including on-site
leased workers from Stafkings, Ithaca, New York (TA-W-
92,354A), who are engaged in activities related to the
production of microelectromechanical sensors: 3-axis
accelerometers and gyroscopes 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 Kionix, Inc., 36 Thornwood Drive, a wholly
owned subsidiary of ROHM Co., Ltd., including on-site
leased workers from Stafkings, Ithaca, New York (TA-W-
92,354) and Kionix, Inc., 22 Thornwood Drive, a wholly
owned subsidiary of ROHM Co., Ltd., including on-site
leased workers from Stafkings, Ithaca, New York (TA-W-
92,354A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 22, 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 14th day of November 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance