DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,819

SIEMENS AG
DRIVE TECHNOLOGIES DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM AEROTEK, ALLTEK STAFFING, ASK STAFFING, INC., BELCAN
TECHSERVICES, BELLSOFT, INC., CCSI, INC., CDI, EXCEL STAFFING,
INC., GDKN, ICON INFORMATION, INDUSTRIAL STAFFING SERVICES,
INC., INFOTREE, IS, MATRIX, NATIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICE,
PEGASTAFF, SEMAFOR, SUPERIOR, TAC, THE CALLOS COMPANY, THINK,
VOLT SERVICES GROUP
NEW KENSINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA

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 November 10, 2009, on behalf of workers of Siemens AG,
Drive Technologies Division, New Kensington, Pennsylvania
(Siemens AG, Drive Technologies Division). The workers produce
medium voltage drives used in industrial, marine, paper, oil &
gas, mining, and cement industries.
The investigation revealed that the worker group at the
subject facility includes on-site leased workers from Aerotek,
Alltek Staffing, ASK Staffing, Inc., Belcan TechServices,
Bellsoft, Inc., CCSI, Inc., CDI, Excel Staffing, Inc., GDKN,
Icon Information, Industrial Staffing Services, Inc., Infotree,
IS, Matrix, National Engineering Service, PegaStaff, Semafor,
Superior, TAC, The Callos Companies, Think, Volt Services Group.
The investigation further revealed that workers of Siemens
AG, Drive Technologies Division who are engaged in employment
related to the production of medium voltage drives meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because employment at the
subject facility declined by at least five percent during the
period under investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of medium voltage drives by Siemens AG, Drive
Technologies Division have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with medium voltage
drives produced by Siemens AG, Drive Technologies Division
have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of medium voltage drives contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at the New Kensington, Pennsylvania
facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Siemens AG, Drive
Technologies Division, New Kensington, Pennsylvania, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of medium
voltage drives 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 Siemens AG, Drive Technologies Division,
including on-site leased workers from Aerotek, Alltek
Staffing, ASK Staffing, Inc., Belcan TechServices,
Bellsoft, Inc., CCSI, Inc., CDI, Excel Staffing, Inc.,
GDKN, Icon Information, Industrial Staffing Services, Inc.,
Infotree, IS, Matrix, National Engineering Service,
PegaStaff, Semafor, Superior, TAC, The Callos Companies,
Think, Volt Services Group, New Kensington, Pennsylvania,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after November 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 24th day of February, 2010

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