DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-63,684

ORBECO-HELLIGE INC.
WORKERS WAGES WERE ALSO REPORTED UNDER ANOTHER CORPORATE NAME:
ORBECO ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS
FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK

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 July 14, 2008, in response to
a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Orbeco-Hellige Inc., Farmingdale, New York. Workers at the subject
firm produce water testing products (test kits, reagents,
colorimeters, turbidimeters, and color measurement products);
workers are not separately identifiable by product line.
The petitioning worker group also includes workers whose wages
were reported under another Federal Employer Identification Number
(FEID) and corporate name: Orbeco Analytical Systems.
The investigation revealed a significant number or proportion
of workers at the subject firm are threatened to become separated
from employment.
The subject firm has shifted portions of its water testing
product production from the subject firm in Farmingdale, New York
to Germany and the United Kingdom.
Moreover, company imports of water testing products increased.
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 a foreign country 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 Orbeco-Hellige Inc., including workers whose
wages were reported under another corporate name: Orbeco
Analytical Systems, Farmingdale, New York, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after July 13,
2007 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 22nd day of July 2008
/s/ Linda G. Poole

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