DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,536

SOLECTRON TEXAS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SOLECTRON CORPORATION
AUSTIN, TEXAS

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 active 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
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

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

The investigation was initiated on May 13, 2002 in response to
a petition filed on behalf of workers at Solectron Texas, Inc., a
subsidiary of Solectron Corporation, Austin, Texas. The workers at
the subject firm produce printed circuit boards (PCBs).
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the subject facility did not
import PCBs during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of PCBs. This survey revealed
no imports of PCBs during the period under investigation.
Furthermore, U.S. aggregate imports of PCBs decreased
significantly during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at
Solectron Texas, Inc., a subsidiary of Solectron Corporation,
Austin, Texas, engaged in employment related to the production of
printed circuit boards, are denied eligibility to apply for adjust-
ment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 19th day of August, 2002.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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