DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,960

HEXAGON METROLOGY, INC.
FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 10, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers at Hexagon Metrology, Inc., Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
The workers produce coordinate measuring systems.
The investigation revealed that workers of Hexagon
Metrology, Inc. who are engaged in employment related to the
production of coordinate measuring systems meet the criteria
for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have become separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales of
coordinate measuring systems produced by Hexagon Metrology,
Inc. have decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because Hexagon
Metrology, Inc. has increased imports of coordinate measuring
systems during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the
increased imports have contributed importantly to worker
separations at the Fond du Lac, Wisconsin facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hexagon Metrology,
Inc., Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, who are engaged in employment
related to production of coordinate measuring systems 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 Hexagon Metrology, Inc., Fond du Lac,
Wisconsin, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 7, 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 26th day of March, 2010


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