DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,583

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES
MANUFACTURING TEST BUSINESS UNIT
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS AT BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS, INC.
LOVELAND, COLORADO

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on February 16, 2005, and filed by the State of Colorado
on behalf of workers at Agilent Technologies, Manufacturing Test
Business Unit (MTBU), Loveland, Colorado. The workers produce X-
Ray inspection machines.
The investigation revealed that Agilent Technologies,
Manufacturing Test Business Unit (MTBU), Loveland, Colorado,
contracted with Benchmark Electronics, Inc., Loveland, Colorado, to
produce the X-ray inspection machines at Agilent Technologies,
Manufacturing Test Business Unit (MBTU), Loveland, Colorado.
The decline in employment at the subject plant is related to a
shift in plant production of X-Ray inspection machines to a country
(Singapore) that is a party to a free trade agreement with the
United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Singapore of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:


"All workers of Agilent Technologies, Manufacturing Test
Business Unit (MTBU), Loveland, Colorado, including contract
workers of Benchmark Electronics, Inc., working at Agilent
Technologies, Manufacturing Test Business Unit (MTBU),
Loveland, Colorado, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 14, 2004, 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 18th day of March 2005.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance