DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,515

AEROFLEX/METELICS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF MACOM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
WEST VALLEY STAFFING GROUP, INC. AND
PEAK TECHNICAL STAFFING USA
SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA

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 January 4, 2017 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Aeroflex/Metelics, Inc., a subsidiary of MACOM
Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from West Valley Staffing Group, Inc. and PEAK
Technical Staffing USA, Sunnyvale, California (herein referred
to as "Aeroflex/Metelics"). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of microwave diodes.
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 Aeroflex/Metelics.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Aeroflex/Metelics,
Inc., a subsidiary of MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from West Valley
Staffing Group, Inc. and PEAK Technical Staffing USA,
Sunnyvale, California, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of microwave diodes 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 Aeroflex/Metelics, Inc., a subsidiary of
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from West Valley Staffing Group, Inc.
and PEAK Technical Staffing USA, Sunnyvale, California,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after January 3, 2016 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