DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,635

SMITHS INTERCONNECT AMERICAS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SMITHS GROUP PLC
COSTA MESA, 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; 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 January 31, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Smiths Interconnect Americas, Inc., a subsidiary
of Smiths Group PLC, Costa Mesa, California ("Smiths
Interconnect Americas, Inc."). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of custom cable and
connectors for space applications.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of custom cable and connectors for space
applications by Smiths Interconnect Americas, Inc. have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Smiths Interconnect Americas, Inc. have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Smiths Interconnect Americas, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Smiths Interconnect
Americas, Inc., a subsidiary of Smiths Group PLC, Costa Mesa,
California, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of custom cable and connectors for space applications
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 Smiths Interconnect Americas, Inc., a
subsidiary of Smiths Group PLC, Costa Mesa, California,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after January 30, 2019, 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 12th day of March 2020.

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