DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,091

CARD TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF NBS TECHNOLOGIES
PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 19, 2009, on behalf of workers of Card Technology
Corporation, a subsidiary of NBS Technologies, Paramus, New
Jersey (Card Technology Corp.). The workers produce card
personalization equipment for financial cards, secure
identification cards, and membership and loyalty cards.
The investigation revealed that workers of Card Technology
Corp. who are engaged in employment related to the production
of card personalization equipment meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment at the
subject facility declined from 2007 to 2008, and during the
period of January through April 2009 compared with the same
period of 2008.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of an article
like or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of card
personalization equipment to Malaysia by Card Technology Corp.
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Card
Technology Corp.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Card Technology
Corporation, a subsidiary of NBS Technologies, Paramus, New
Jersey, who are engaged in employment related to the production
of card personalization equipment meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:



"All workers of Card Technology Corporation, a subsidiary
of NBS Technologies, Paramus, New Jersey, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 18, 2008, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 19th day of August, 2009.


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