DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,443

POWEREX, INC.
CURRENTLY OWNED BY GENERAL ELECTRIC AND MITSUBISHI
YOUNGWOOD, PENNSYVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974,
as amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have
contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on March 23, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Powerex, Inc., currently owned by General Electric
and Mitsubishi, Youngwood, Pennsylvania (subject firm). The
workers' firm was engaged in activities related to the
production of high powered semi-conductors. The subject
worker group does not include any leased worker located on-
site at the subject firm and does not include workers at a
warehouse operated by Powerex, Inc. (located approximately
five miles from the subject firm).
Workers covered by the petition were certified eligible
to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TA-W-71,256);
Powerex, Inc., Youngwood, Pennsylvania; expired February 26,
2012.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the semi-conductors
produced by the subject firm, which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Powerex, Inc.,
Youngwood, Pennsylvania, who were engaged in employment
related to the production of semi-conductors, meet the worker
group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act,
19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Powerex Inc., currently owned by General
Electric and Mitsubishi, Youngwood, Pennsylvania, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after February 27, 2012, through two years from the
date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the date of certification through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 20th day of April, 2012


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance