DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,254

CIMA LABS
MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS DIVISION
SUBSIDIARY OF CEPHALON, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK SCIENCE AND
COMPLIANCE PARTNERS LLC
EDEN PRAIRIE, 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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on February 14, 2011 by a state workforce official on
behalf of workers of CIMA LABS, Manufacturing Operations
Division, Subsidiary of Cephalon, Inc., Eden Prairie, Minnesota
(subject firm). The workers produce various pharmaceutical
products. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Aerotek Science and Compliance Partners LLC.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject firm
meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because all subject firm
workers were totally separated from employment.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of pharmaceutical products have decreased
absolutely with the plant closure on December 31, 2011.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with pharmaceutical
products manufactured by the subject firm have increased.
Specifically, major declining customers of the subject firm have
increased their reliance on imported pharmaceutical products.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and subject firm sales/production declines
at the Eden Prairie, Minnesota facility.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of the subject firm, who
are engaged in employment related to the production of
pharmaceutical products, 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 CIMA LABS, Manufacturing Operations
Division, Subsidiary of Cephalon, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Aerotek Science and Compliance Partners
LLC, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February
11, 2010, 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 6th day of April, 2011

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