DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,801

SCHOTT SOLAR CSP, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SCHOTT SOLAR AG
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MANPOWER PROFESSIONAL
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO

TA-W-81,801A

SCHOTT SOLAR PV, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SCHOTT SOLAR AG
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MANPOWER PROFESSIONAL
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO

TA-W-81,801B

SCHOTT SOLAR PV, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SCHOTT SOLAR AG
INCLUDING REMOTE WORKERS FROM
NEW YORK, NEW MEXICO, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, MASSACHUSETTS, AND
NEW HAMPSHIRE
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA

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 July 13, 2012 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of SCHOTT Solar CSP, Inc., a subsidiary of Schott
Solar AG, including on-site leased workers from Manpower
Professional, Albuquerque, New Mexico (TA-W-81,801), SCHOTT
Solar PV, Inc., a subsidiary of Schott Solar AG, including on-
site leased workers from Manpower Professional, Albuquerque,
New Mexico (TA-W-81,801A), and SCHOTT Solar PV, Inc., a
subsidiary of Schott Solar AG, including remote workers from
New York, New Mexico, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, and
New Hampshire, Santa Clara, California (TA-W-81,801B)
(SCHOTT). The worker group, Schott Solar AG, including on-
site leased workers from Manpower Professional, Albuquerque,
New Mexico (TA-W-81,801), is engaged in activities related to
the production of concentrated solar power receivers. The
worker group, SCHOTT Solar PV, Inc., a subsidiary of Schott
Solar AG, including on-site leased workers from Manpower
Professional, Albuquerque, New Mexico (TA-W-81,801A), is
engaged in activities related to the production of solar
panels. The worker group, SCHOTT Solar PV, Inc., a subsidiary
of Schott Solar AG, including remote workers from New York,
New Mexico, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, and New
Hampshire, Santa Clara, California (TA-W-81,801B), is engaged
in activities related to the supply of sales services of solar
panels.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the firm's customers.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of concentrated solar power receivers and solar
panels by SCHOTT have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by SCHOTT Solar CSP, Inc., a subsidiary of
Schott Solar AG, including on-site leased workers from
Manpower Professional, Albuquerque, New Mexico (TA-W-81,801)
have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
SCHOTT Solar CSP, Inc., a subsidiary of Schott Solar AG,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower Professional,
Albuquerque, New Mexico (TA-W-81,801).
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced and service supplied by SCHOTT Solar PV,
Inc., a subsidiary of Schott Solar AG, including on-site
leased workers from Manpower Professional, Albuquerque, New
Mexico (TA-W-81,801A), and SCHOTT Solar PV, Inc., a subsidiary
of Schott Solar AG, including remote workers from New York,
New Mexico, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, and New
Hampshire, Santa Clara, California (TA-W-81,801B) have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales and production declines at
SCHOTT Solar PV, Inc., a subsidiary of Schott Solar AG,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower Professional,
Albuquerque, New Mexico (TA-W-81,801A), and SCHOTT Solar PV,
Inc., a subsidiary of Schott Solar AG, including remote
workers from New York, New Mexico, California, Colorado,
Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, Santa Clara, California (TA-
W-81,801B).
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SCHOTT Solar CSP,
Inc., a subsidiary of Schott Solar AG, including on-site
leased workers from Manpower Professional, Albuquerque, New
Mexico (TA-W-81,801) who are engaged in activities related to
the production of concentrated solar power receivers; SCHOTT
Solar PV, Inc., a subsidiary of Schott Solar AG, including on-
site leased workers from Manpower Professional, Albuquerque,
New Mexico (TA-W-81,801A) who are engaged in activities
related to the production of solar panels, and SCHOTT Solar
PV, Inc., a subsidiary of Schott Solar AG, including remote
workers from New York, New Mexico, California, Colorado,
Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, Santa Clara, California (TA-
W-81,801B), who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of sales services of solar panels 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 SCHOTT Solar CSP, Inc., a subsidiary of
Schott Solar AG, including on-site leased workers from
Manpower Professional, Albuquerque, New Mexico (TA-W-
81,801), SCHOTT Solar PV, Inc., a subsidiary of Schott
Solar AG, including on-site leased workers from Manpower
Professional, Albuquerque, New Mexico (TA-W-81,801A), and
SCHOTT Solar PV, Inc., a subsidiary of Schott Solar AG,
including remote workers from New York, New Mexico,
California, Colorado, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire,
Santa Clara, California (TA-W-81,801B), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after July 12, 2011 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 27th day of August, 2012.

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