DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,454

LASERWORDS US, INC.
MADISON DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF LASERWORDS PRIVATE LIMITED
MADISON, WISCONSIN

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 13, 2013 by three workers on behalf of
workers of Laserwords US, Inc., Madison Division, a subsidiary
of Laserwords Private Limited, Madison, Wisconsin. The
subject worker group provides prepress services, such as
copyediting, proofreading, indexing, composition and project
management services for K-12 textbooks publishers and
commercial clients.
Workers of Laserwords US, Inc., Madison Division, a
subsidiary of Laserwords Private Limited, Madison, Wisconsin,
were covered under a previous certification (TA-W-74,609) that
expired on September 16, 2012.
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 acquired from a foreign country services like or
directly competitive with the prepress services supplied by
the workers, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Laserwords US, Inc., Madison Division, a
subsidiary of Laserwords Private Limited, Madison, Wisconsin.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Laserwords US,
Inc., Madison Division, a subsidiary of Laserwords Private
Limited, Madison, Wisconsin, who are engaged in activities
related to the supply prepress services, 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 Laserwords US, Inc., Madison Division, a
subsidiary of Laserwords Private Limited, Madison,
Wisconsin, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 17, 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 27th day of February, 2013.


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