DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,190

HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
A SUBSIDIARY OF TDK CORPORATION OF AMERICA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN

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 2, 2018 by three workers on behalf of the
workers of Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, a subsidiary of
TDK Corporation of America, including on-site leased workers
from Express Employment Professionals, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
The worker group is engaged in activities related to the
production of electrical components and suspension assemblies.
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 Hutchinson Technology 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 electrical
components and suspension assemblies like or directly
competitive with the services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations in
Hutchinson Technology.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hutchinson Technology
Incorporated, a subsidiary of TDK Corporation of America,
including on-site leased workers from Express Employment
Professionals, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of electrical components
and suspension assemblies, 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 Corporation of America, including on-
site leased workers from Express Employment
Professionals, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after October
1, 2017 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 15th day of November 2018.

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