DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,122

IMATION CORPORATION
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING
PILOT PLANT AND ANALYTICAL LAB
OAKDALE, MINNESOTA

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 January 20, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Imation Corporation, Research and Development and
Organization, Pilot Plant and Analytical Lab, Oakdale,
Minnesota (Imation). The workers are engaged in activities
related to the production of magnetic data storage tape.
The investigation revealed that workers of Imation who are
engaged in activities related to the production of magnetic
data storage tape meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at Imation have become totally or
partially separated or are threatened with total or partial
separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by Imation to a foreign country in the production of
articles like or directly competitive with those produced by the
workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of magnetic data storage to Japan by Imation
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Imation.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Imation Corporation,
Research and Development and Organization, Pilot Plant and
Analytical Lab, Oakdale, Minnesota, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of magnetic data storage
tape 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 Imation Corporation, Research and
Development and Organization, Pilot Plant and Analytical
Lab, Oakdale, Minnesota, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 18, 2010,
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 4th day of February, 2011.


/s/Hope D. Kinglock__________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance