DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,913

EMD MILLIPORE CORPORATION
BIOSCIENCE DIVISION
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF MERCK KGAA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MANPOWER GROUP
PHILLIPSBURG, NEW JERSEY

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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have
contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 24, 2012 on behalf of workers of EMD Millipore
Corporation, Bioscience Division, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Merck KGAa, Phillipsburg, New Jersey (EMD). The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the production of mouse
embryo media and reagents and liquid cell culture media and
reagents that are used in the manufacturing of stem cells and
growth of stem cell lines. The subject worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Manpower Group.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioners.
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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at EMD.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of EMD Millipore
Corporation, Bioscience Division, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Merck KGAa, including on-site leased workers from Manpower
Group, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of mouse embryo media and reagents
and liquid cell culture media and reagents that are used in
the manufacturing of stem cells and growth of stem cell lines
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 EMD Millipore Corporation, Bioscience
Division, a wholly owned subsidiary of Merck KGAa,
including on-site leased works from Manpower Group,
Phillipsburg, New Jersey, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after Augsust 23, 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 12th day of September, 2012.


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