DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,428

BOC EDWARDS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM JUDGE TECHNICAL STAFFING,
MANPOWER AND MANPOWER PROFESSIONAL
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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 (19
USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the results of
its 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 November 14, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of BOC Edwards, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Workers
produce industrial vacuum pumps and equipment. Workers are not
separately identifiable by product.
BOC Edwards, Inc. also leased workers from Judge Technical
Staffing, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania; Manpower, Exton,
Pennsylvania; and Manpower Professional, Cherry Hill, New Jersey,
to work on-site at the Philadelphia facility.
The investigation revealed that employment will decrease to
zero when the subject facility shuts down on December 31, 2006.
The subject firm shifted production of industrial vacuum pumps
and equipment from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the Czech
Republic.
Moreover, the investigation revealed that company imports of
industrial vacuum pumps and equipment are likely to increase.
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 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 industry are adverse.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that that there was a shift in
production from the subject firm to the Czech Republic of articles
that are like or directly competitive with those produced by the
subject firm, and there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of like or directly competitive articles. In accordance
with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of BOC Edwards, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Judge Technical Staffing, Manpower and Manpower
Professional, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 6,
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 15th day of December 2006

/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance