DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,095

BIOTAGE, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA

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, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Biotage, LLC, Charlottesville, Virginia. The
workers produce equipment and consumables for medicinal
chemistry. The petitioners allege that workers have been
affected by a shift in production to Cardiff, Wales.
The investigation revealed that the worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Aerotek.
The investigation revealed that workers of Biotage, LLC,
Charlottesville, Virginia, who are engaged in employment
related to equipment and consumables for medicinal chemistry
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because the subject firm has
separated a significant proportion of workers and further
separations are planned.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject firm,
Biotage, LLC, has shifted production of equipment and
consumables for medicinal chemistry to Wales and Sweden.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in the
production of equipment and consumables for medicinal
chemistry contributed importantly to worker group separations
at Biotage, LLC.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Biotage, LLC,
including on-site leased workers from Aerotek,
Charlottesville, Virginia, who are engaged in employment related
to equipment and consumables for medicinal chemistry 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 Biotage, LLC, including on-site leased
workers from Aerotek, Charlottesville, Virginia, 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 18th day of June, 2009.



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