DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,661

WINCHESTER INTERCONNECT CORPORATION
ATPIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED DIVISION
F/K/A WINCHESTER ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
MIDDLEBURY, CONNECTICUT

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 March 26, 2019 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Winchester Interconnect Corporation, ATPIV Technologies
Limited division, F/K/A Winchester Electronics Corporation,
Middlebury, Connecticut ("Winchester Interconnect
Corporation"). The investigation revealed after confirmation
from the petitioner and company official, that the correct
location of the worker group is Middlebury, Connecticut and
not Norwalk, Connecticut, as stated within the petition
document filed. The corporate location in Norwalk, was
incorrectly reported.
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of connectors, adaptors, cable assemblies, and
components.
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 at Winchester Interconnect
Corporation 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 articles produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Winchester Interconnect Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Winchester
Interconnect Corporation, ATPIV Technologies Limited division,
F/K/A Winchester Electronics Corporation, Middlebury,
Connecticut, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of connectors, adaptors, cable assemblies, and
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 Winchester Interconnect Corporation, ATPIV
Technologies Limited division, F/K/A Winchester
Electronics Corporation, Middlebury, Connecticut, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after March 14, 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 April 2019.

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