DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,776

MANAGED BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
WORKING ON-SITE AT
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
IMAGING & PRINTING GROUP-TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS DIVISION
CORVALLIS, OREGON

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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 on July 25, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by the State of Oregon on behalf of
workers of Managed Business Solutions, working on-site at
Hewlett-Packard Company, Imaging & Printing Group-Technology
Platforms Division, Corvallis, Oregon. The workers supported
the production of inkjet cartridges for small desktop printers.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject firm is related to a shift in production of inkjet
cartridges for small desktop printers to Singapore, a country
party to a Free Trade Agreement with the United States.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26
USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In addition, in order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or
over and do not possess skills that are easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the inkjet cartridges industry are
adverse.






Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production
from Hewlett-Packard Company, Imaging & Printing Group-
Technology Platforms Division, Corvallis, Oregon to Singapore of
articles that are like or directly competitive with inkjet
cartridges for small desktop printers produced by that firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"Workers employed by Managed Business Solutions, Inc.,
working on-site at Hewlett-Packard Company, Imaging &
Printing Group-Technology Platforms Division, Corvallis,
Oregon, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 24, 2005, through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 1st day of September, 2006.



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