[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 940-941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-307]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-52,474]


Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Austin, Texas; Notice of Negative 
Determination on Reconsideration

    On November 18, 2003, the Department issued an Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration for the workers 
and former workers of the subject firm. The notice will soon be 
published in the Federal Register.
    The Department initially denied TAA to workers of Kulicke and Soffa 
Industries, Austin, Texas because the ``contributed importantly'' and 
shift of production group eligibility

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requirements of section 222(3) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 
were not met. The investigation revealed that the cause of the worker 
separations was a domestic shift of production.
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner alleged that the 
subject company shifted production to China.
    During the reconsideration investigation, the Department requested 
additional information from the subject company regarding the alleged 
shift of production.
    The investigation revealed that the subject company shifted 
production from the subject facility to another Texas facility in 2001, 
and shifted production from Texas to California in 2003.
    Further, while the subject company has sent two employees to China, 
the employees are assisting in a shift of production from California to 
China and the shift will not occur until 2004.

Conclusion

    After reconsideration, I affirm the original notice of negative 
determination of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance 
for workers and former workers of Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Austin, 
Texas.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 12th day of December, 2003.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 04-307 Filed 1-6-04; 8:45 am]
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