DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,282

STION CORPORATION
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

TA-W-93,282A

STION CORPORATION
HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI

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 November 6, 2017, by an authorized representative on
behalf of workers of Stion Corporation, San Jose, California
(TA-W-93,282) and Stion Corporation, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
(TA-W-93,282A) ("Stion Corporation"). The worker's firm at the
location in Hattiesburg, Mississippi is engaged in activities
related to the production of photovoltaic solar modules using
the CIGS thin-film process, and the firm's location in San
Jose, California is the corporate headquarters which provides
support services for the manufacturing facility in
Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and the major
declining customer(s) of 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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of photovoltaic solar modules by Stion
Corporation have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Stion Corporation have increased.
Finally, 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
Stion Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Stion Corporation,
San Jose, California (TA-W-93,282) and Stion Corporation,
Hattiesburg, Mississippi (TA-W-93,282A), who are engaged in
activities related to the production of photovoltaic solar
modules, 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 Stion Corporation, San Jose, California
(TA-W-93,282) and Stion Corporation, Hattiesburg,
Mississippi (TA-W-93,282A), who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 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 4th day of December 2017.

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