DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL

TA-W-83,205

BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC.
POLYCOLD MANUFACTURING DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
R & D TECHNICAL SERVICES AND VOLT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS
PETALUMA, 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
by three workers on November 8, 2013 on behalf of workers of Brooks
Automation, Inc., Polycold Manufacturing Division, including on-
site leased workers from R & D Technical Services and Volt
Workforce Solutions, Petaluma, California (subject firm). The
subject firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
cryogenic chillers and accessories.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers at the subject 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 the production of articles like or
directly competitive with cryogenic chillers and accessories
produced by the workers, which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Brooks Automation, Inc.,
Polycold Manufacturing Division, Petaluma, California, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of cryogenic
chillers and accessories, 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 Brooks Automation, Inc., Polycold
Manufacturing Division, including on-site leased workers
from R & D Technical Services and Volt Workforce Solutions,
Petaluma, California, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 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 23rd day of December, 2013


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance