DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,015

OPTIMA, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF WASHI BEAM COMPANY, LTD.
STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT

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 20, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Optima, Inc., a subsidiary of Washi Beam Company,
Ltd., Stratford, Connecticut. The workers are engaged in
support activities related to production of polycarbonate
optical lenses for eyeglasses at an affiliate firm.
The investigation revealed that the workers of Optima, Inc.
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers at the workers' firm have been separated or
threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
acquired from a foreign country articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by Optima, Inc.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
polycarbonate optical lenses for eyeglasses from a foreign
country by Optima, Inc. contributed importantly to worker
group separations and threatened separations at the Stratford,
Connecticut facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Optima, Inc., a
subsidiary of Washi Beam Company, Ltd., Stratford, Connecticut,
who are engaged in support activities related to production of
polycarbonate optical lenses for eyeglasses, 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 Optima, Inc., a subsidiary of Washi Beam
Company, Ltd., Stratford, Connecticut, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after December
17, 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 3rd day of February, 2011



/s/Michael W. Jaffe___________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance