DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,073

SARTORIUS STEDIM SUS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SARTORIUS GROUP NORTH AMERICA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK
CONCORD, 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;
(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 October 12, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Sartorius Stedim SUS Inc., a subsidiary of Sartorius
Group SUS, Inc., Concord, California. The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of sterile single
use bag systems used for end use in pharmaceutical drug
manufacturing. The worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Aerotek.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
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 production of sterile single use
bag systems like or directly competitive with the article
produced by the workers' firm which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Sartorius Stedim SUS Inc., a
subsidiary of Sartorius Group SUS, Inc., Concord, California.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sartorius Stedim SUS
Inc., a subsidiary of Sartorius Group SUS, Inc., Concord,
California, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of sterile single use bag systems 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 Sartorius Stedim SUS Inc., a subsidiary of
Sartorius Group SUS, Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Aerotek, Concord, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 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 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 25th day of October, 2012

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