DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,227

UMICORE THIN FILM PRODUCTS USA, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF UMICORE USA, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MONROE STAFFING,
MICROTECH STAFFING, AEROTEK STAFFING, AND SAVVY STAFFING
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND

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 13, 2017 by a state workforce office on the
behalf of the workers of Umicore Thin Film Products USA, Inc., a
subsidiary of Umicore USA, Inc., Providence, Rhode Island. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of indium tin oxide sputtering target. The subject worker group
includes on-site leased from Monroe Staffing, MicroTech
Staffing, Aerotek Staffing, and Savvy Staffing.
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 indium
tin oxide sputtering target like or directly competitive with
the article produced by the workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Umicore Thin Film
Products USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Umicore USA Inc.,
Providence, Rhode Island

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Umicore Thin Film
Products USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Umicore USA, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from Monroe Staffing, MicroTech Staffing,
Aerotek Staffing, and Savvy Staffing, Providence, Rhode Island
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
indium tin oxide sputtering target 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 Umicore Thin Film Products USA, Inc., a
subsidiary of Umicore USA Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Monroe Staffing, MicroTech Staffing, Aerotek
Staffing, and Savvy Staffing, Providence, Rhode Island, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 11, 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 31st day of October 2017.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance