DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,878

TRUMPF PHOTONICS, INC.
ULTRA-PRECISION MACHINING (UPM) DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF TRUMPF GROUP
CRANBURY, NEW JERSEY

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 June 6, 2016, by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers of TRUMPF Photonics, Inc., Ultra-Precision Machining
(UPM) Division, a subsidiary of TRUMPF Group, Cranbury, New
Jersey (TRUMPF-UPM). Workers of TRUMPF-UPM are engaged in
activities related to the production of optical components.
The workers of TRUMPF-UPM are not separately identifiable by
the article produced.
The worker group does not include any on-site leased
workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in TRUMPF-UPM 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 the production of a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the optical components
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at TRUMPF-UPM.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TRUMPF-UPM, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of optical
components, 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 TRUMPF Photonics, Inc., Ultra-Precision
Machining (UPM) Division, a subsidiary of TRUMPF Group,
Cranbury, New Jersey, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 31, 2015, 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 16th day of August 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance