DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,023

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS AUTOMOTIVE SENSORS AND CONTROLS SAN JOSE INC.
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdi-vision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appro-priate subdivision have contributed importantly
to the separations, or threat thereof, and to the
absolute decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on April 10, 2001 in
response to a petition filed by workers on behalf of workers at
Texas Instruments Automotive Sensors and Controls San Jose, Inc.,
San Jose, California. The workers produce sensor modules, PCB-
level assemblies and integrated circuits for automotive sensors.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the majority of the subject
plant's production was for the export market. Loss of export
sales, and production declines associated with that loss, cannot
be used as a basis for certification of this worker group.
The separations at Texas Instruments Automotive Sensors and
Controls San Jose, Inc. are caused by a combination of product
obsolescence and a consolidation among extant Texas Instruments
facilities.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Texas
Instruments Automotive Sensors and Controls San Jose, Inc., San
Jose, California, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 29th day of May, 2001

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance