DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,790

ASCENSION TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION,
A SUBSIDIARY OF NORTHERN DIGITAL, INC. (NDI),
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM WESTAFF,
MILTON, VERMONT

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 by a company official on June 7, 2013 on behalf of workers
of Ascension Technology Corporation, a subsidiary of Northern
Digital, Inc. (NDI), including on-site leased workers from
Westaff, Milton, Vermont. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of electromagnetic tracking
systems used in the scientific and medical communities as
enabling devices in providing real-time spatial position and
orientation in many medical procedures.
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 articles like or
directly competitive with the electromagnetic tracking systems
produced by the workers, which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Ascension Technology Corporation, a
subsidiary of Northern Digital, Inc. (NDI), Milton, Vermont.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ascension Technology
Corporation, a subsidiary of Northern Digital, Inc. (NDI),
Milton, Vermont, who are engaged in activities related to
production of electromagnetic tracking 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 Ascension Technology Corporation, a
subsidiary of Northern Digital, Inc. (NDI), including on-
site leased workers from Westaff, Milton, Vermont, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 6, 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 12th day of June, 2013.


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