DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,123

SCHOTT SOLAR, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM NATIONAL ENGINEERING
SERVICE CORPORATION, AEROTEK COMMERCIAL STAFFING, AND
TECHNICAL NEEDS
BILLERICA, MASSACHUSETTS

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 June 10, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Schott Solar, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts. The
workers are engaged in the production of solar wafers, cells,
and panels. The worker group includes on-site leased workers
from National Engineering Service Corporation, Aerotek
Commercial Staffing, and Technical Needs.
The investigation revealed that workers of Schott Solar,
Inc., who are engaged in employment related to production of
solar wafers, cells, and panels, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
the workers in the workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated in the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted production of solar wafers, cells, and panels from the
Billerica, Massachusetts facility to Germany.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Germany by Schott Solar, Inc., contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the Billerica,
Massachusetts facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Schott Solar, Inc.,
Billerica, Massachusetts, who are engaged in employment related
to production of solar wafers, cells, and panels, 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 Schott Solar, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from National Engineering Service
Corporation, Aerotek Commercial Staffing, and Technical
Needs, Billerica, Massachusetts, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 9,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the 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 November, 2009


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance