DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,743

AMERICAN TECHNICAL CERAMICS CORPORATION
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF AVX CORPORATION
HUNTINGTON, 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.

"Firm includes an individual proprietorship, partnership,
joint venture, association, corporation (including a development
corporation), business trust, cooperative, trustee in
bankruptcy, and receiver under decree of any court." 29 CFR 90.2
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on March 20, 2017, by a company official on behalf of
workers of American Technical Ceramics Corporation, a wholly
owned subsidiary of AVX Corporation, Huntington, New York
(American Technical). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of electronic capacitors. The worker
group does not include any on-site leased workers.
Workers of the subject firm are eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance under TA-W-85,478 (certification expired
on September 3, 2016).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at American Technical 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 articles
like or directly competitive with the electronic capacitors
produced by the subject workers, which contributed importantly
to worker group separations at American Technical.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of American Technical,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
electronic 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 American Technical Ceramics Corporation, a
wholly owned subsidiary of AVX Corporation, Huntington, New
York, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 4, 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 9th day of May 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance