DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,276

SILTRONIC CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF SILTRONIC AG
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS PROFESSIONALS AND XENIUM
PORTLAND, OREGON

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 October 11, 2019, by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Siltronic Corporation, a subsidiary of
Siltronic AG, including on-site leased workers from Express
Professionals and Xenium, Portland, Oregon ("Siltronic
Corporation"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of silicon wafers of 200mm diameter,
which are utilized in the manufacturing of semiconductor
devices.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, workers' firm, 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 silicon wafers of 200mm diameter by
Siltronic Corporation have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Siltronic 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
Siltronic Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Siltronic
Corporation, a subsidiary of Siltronic AG, including on-site
leased workers from Express Professionals and Xenium, Portland,
Oregon, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of silicon wafers of 200mm diameter, 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 Siltronic Corporation, a subsidiary of
Siltronic AG, including on-site leased workers from Express
Professionals and Xenium, Portland, Oregon, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
October 10, 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 3rd day of January 2020.

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