DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,385

MERMEC, INC.
FORMERLY KNOWN AS IMAGEMAP, INC.
INCLUDING A LEASED WORKER FROM MODIS, INC.
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 July 15, 2010, by three workers on behalf of workers of
Mermec, Inc., formerly known as ImageMap, Inc., including a
leased worker from Modis, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina
(Mermec). The workers are engaged in employment activities
related to the production of laser-based electronic railway
measurement equipment.
The investigation revealed that workers of Mermec who are
engaged in employment activities related to related to the
production of laser-based electronic railway measurement
equipment meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers were separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of an article
like or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production of laser-based electronic railway measurement
equipment to Italy by Mermec contributed importantly to worker
group separations at the subject firm.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mermec, Inc.,
formerly known as ImageMap, Inc., including a leased worker
from Modis, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina, who are engaged in
employment related to production of laser-based electronic
railway measurement equipment 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 Mermec, Inc., formerly known as ImageMap,
Inc., including a leased worker from Modis, Inc.,
Columbia, South Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 13, 2009,
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 30th day of September, 2010.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance