DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-40,968
TOSHIBA CERAMICS AMERICA, INC.
HILLSBORO, OREGON

Certification 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. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated on March 11, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers and former
workers of Toshiba Ceramics America, Inc., Hillsboro, Oregon.
The workers are engaged in the production of quartz crucibles.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject firm were curtailed during the relevant periods.
The subject firm has increased their reliance on imports of
quartz crucibles while discontinuing all production at Hillsboro,
Oregon.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with quartz crucibles produced at Toshiba
Ceramics America, Inc., Hillsboro, Oregon contributed importantly
to the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers of the subject firm. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Toshiba Ceramics America, Inc., Hillsboro,
Oregon who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 3, 2001 through two years
from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 16th day of April, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance