DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,445

MERSEN USA NEWBURYPORT MA LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF MERSEN USA BN CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK, ACCOUNTEMPS &
OFFICE TEAM, LIGHTHOUSE AND PROSOURCE
NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS

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 February 12, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Mersen USA Newburyport MA LLC, a subsidiary of
Mersen USA BN Corporation, Newburyport, Massachusetts. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of component parts for fuses and fuse holders. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Aerotek,
Accountemps & Office Team, Lighthouse and Prosource.
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 articles
like or directly competitive with the component parts for
fuses and fuse holders produced by the workers' firm, which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Mersen
USA Newburyport MA LLC, a subsidiary of Mersen USA BN
Corporation, Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mersen USA
Newburyport MA LLC, a subsidiary of Mersen USA BN Corporation,
Newburyport, Massachusetts, who are engaged in activities
related to production of component parts for fuses and fuse
holders, 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 Mersen USA Newburyport MA LLC, a
subsidiary of Mersen USA BN Corporation, including on-
site leaed workers from Aerotek, Accountemps & Office
Team, Lighthouse and Prosource, Newburyport,
Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 11, 2012 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 25th day of February, 2013
/s/Michael W. Jaffe
_________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance