DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,735

HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
A SUBSIDIARY OF TDK
HUTCHINSON, MINNESOTA


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 April 18, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, a subsidiary of
TDK, Hutchinson, Minnesota (subject firm). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of baseplate
components for suspension assemblies, SMA-OIS assemblies for use
in smartphone cameras, suspension assembly test fixtures (SETS)
used for electrical testing of magnetic recording heads, and
components and subassemblies used in medical devices.
Workers of Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Hutchinson,
Minnesota, are eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
under TA-W-91,557 (expired on April 18, 2018).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 baseplate components produced by
the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Hutchinson,
Minnesota.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hutchinson Technology
Incorporated, Hutchinson, Minnesota, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of baseplate components, 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 Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, a
subsidiary of TDK, Hutchinson, Minnesota, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after April 19,
2018 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 18th day of May 2018.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance