DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,075

ABB, INC.
ROBOTICS DIVISION NORTH AMERICA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM BEELINE CORPORATION
AUBURN HILLS, MICHIGAN

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 December 10, 2009 on behalf of workers of ABB, Inc.,
Robotics Division North America, Auburn Hills, Michigan (ABB-
Robotics). The worker group supplied engineering services.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Beeline
Corporation.
The investigation revealed that workers of ABB-Robotics,
who are engaged in activities related to the supply of
engineering services, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers of ABB-Robotics has become totally or partially
separated, or threatened with such separation, during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country the supply of services like or
directly competitive with the engineering services supplied by
ABB-Robotics.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of services
to Mexico contributed importantly to worker group separations
at the Auburn Hills, Michigan facility.




Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ABB, Inc., Robotics
Division North America, Auburn Hills, Michigan, including on-
site leased workers from Beeline Corporation, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of engineering services, meet
the worker group certification criteria 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 ABB, Inc., Robotics Division North
America, including on-site leased workers from Beeline
Corporation, Auburn Hills, Michigan, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December 4,
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 2nd day of July, 2010

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance