DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,680

HIRSCHMANN AUTOMATION AND CONTROL
A SUBSIDIARY OF BELDEN, INC.
CHAMBERSBURG, 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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.
Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on March 10, 2010 on behalf of workers of Hirschmann
Automation and Control, a subsidiary of Belden, Inc.,
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (hereinafter referred to as
Hirschmann Automation and Control). The workers supply
distribution support services for electronic data and
connectors.
The investigation revealed that workers of Hirschmann
Automation and Control, who supply distribution support
services for electronic data and connectors, meet the criteria
as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers at the workers' firm were separated during the
relevant period.




Criterion II has been met because workers of Hirschmann
Automation and Control supplied a service directly to a firm
with a currently certified TAA worker group, and the services
supplied were related to the production of an article or the
supply of a service that was the basis for the TAA
certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Hirschmann Automation and Control with the TAA-certified
firm, with respect to distribution and associated support
services for electronic data and connectors sold to the TAA-
certified firm, contributed importantly to worker separations
at the Chambersburg, Pennsylvania facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hirschmann Automation
and Control, a subsidiary of Belden, Inc., Chambersburg,
Pennsylvania, who supply distribution and associated support
services for electronic data and connectors, meet the worker
group certification criteria under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(c). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:




"All workers of Hirschmann Automation and Control, a
subsidiary of Belden, Inc., Chambersburg, Pennsylvania,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after March 1, 2009, 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 15th day of July, 2010.

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