DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,120

AMERICAN XTAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. (AXT)
HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATES DIVISION
FREMONT, CALIFORNIA

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 25, 2002, and filed
on behalf of the workers at American Xtal Technology, Inc. (AXT),
High Performance Compound Semiconductor Substrates Division,
Fremont, California. The workers at the subject firm produce
compound semiconductor substrates.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined absolutely during the relevant period.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm
increased their imports of compound semiconductor substrates during
the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with compound semiconductor substrates
produced at American Xtal Technology, Inc. (AXT), High Performance
Compound Semiconductor Substrates Division, Fremont, California,
contributed importantly to the decline in sales or production and
to the total or partial separation of workers at the subject firm.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of American Xtal Technology, Inc. (AXT), High
Performance Compound Semiconductor Substrates Division,
Fremont, California, engaged in employment related to the
production of compound semiconductor substrates who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 25, 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 September, 2002.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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