DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,202

BARCO, INC.
PRESENTATION AND SIMULATION DIVISION
XENIA, OHIO

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 October 10, 2008, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Barco, Inc.,
Presentation and Simulation Division, Xenia, Ohio. The workers
produce projectors, software programs, and accessories for flight
simulators. The workers are separately identifiable by products
produced.
The preponderance of the employment decline at the subject
firm is related to a shift in production of projector manufacturing
and software program development to Belgium and India,
respectively. Moreover, the subject firm increased imports of
projectors in January through September 2008 over the corresponding
period of 2007, and is likely to increase imports of software
programs for use in the flight simulators produced at the subject
facility.
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 possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.













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 Belgium and India of
articles that are like or directly competitive with those produced
by the subject firm or subdivision, 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 Barco, Inc., Presentation and Simulation
Division, Xenia, Ohio, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 9, 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 3rd day of November 2008

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