DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,161

EXCELITAS TECHNOLOGIES
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK, A+SEARCH, AND RICHMAR
FREMONT, CALIFORNIA

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 September 10, 2019 by a one-stop operator/partner on
behalf of workers of Excelitas Technologies, Fremont,
California ("Excelitas Technologies"). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of lamps (Cermax
Xenon lamps, Cermax lamp systems, and Flash lamps used in
consumer products, industrial, medical, and sciences) and
lenses (Optem lenses, used in quality inspection systems,
scientific microscopy applications and biomedical imaging
systems). The subject worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Aerotek, A+Search, and Richmar.
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 article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Excelitas Technologies.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Excelitas
Technologies, including on-site leased workers from Aerotek,
A+Search, and Richmar, Fremont, California, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of lamps and lenses 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 Excelitas Technologies, including on-site
leased workers from Aerotek, A+Search, and Richmar,
Fremont, California, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 9, 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 24th day of September 2019.

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