DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


TA-W-64,721

HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY
IMAGING AND PRINTING GROUP
EDGELINE DEVELOPMENT & LIGHT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS OPERATIONS
DIVISION
LIGHT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
KELLY SERVICES, INC. AND PDG (PRODUCT DESIGN GROUP) ENCORE
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

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 December 18, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Hewlett Packard Company, Imaging and Printing Group,
Edgeline Development and Light Production Systems Operations
Division, Light Production Systems, San Diego, California. The
workers of Light Production Systems produce engineering
specifications, software, and firmware used in the manufacture of
HP Edgeline printers. An important part of this work involves the
production and testing of printer prototypes.
The investigation revealed that Hewlett Packard Company,
Imaging and Printing Group, Edgeline Development and LPS
Operations, Light Production Systems, San Diego, California also
leased workers from Kelly Services, Inc. and PDG (Product Design
Group) Encore.
Employment and production at the subject facility declined
from December 2007 to December 2008.
The subject firm is shifting prototype production and testing,
software, and firmware, as well as work on engineering designs
specifications abroad, including to Singapore, a country that is
party to a free trade agreement with the United States.
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 subject facilities 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 Singapore 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 Hewlett Packard Company, Imaging and Printing
Group, Edgeline Development and Light Production Systems (LPS)
Operations, Light Production Systems, San Diego, California,
including on-site leased workers of, Kelly Services, Inc. and
PDG (Product Design Group) Encore who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December 3,
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 19th day of December 2008


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