DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,236

MAKERBOT INDUSTRIES LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF STRATASYS LTD.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADDECO USA, INC.
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

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 September 22, 2016 by a state workforce official on
behalf of workers of MakerBot Industries, LLC, a subsidiary of
Stratasys Ltd., including on-site leased workers from Adecco
USA, Inc., Brooklyn, New York (MakerBot). The subject worker
group is engaged in activities related to the production of
three dimensional printers and related accessories. Workers
are not separately identifiable by article produced.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the printers and
accessories produced by the workers, which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at MakerBot.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of MakerBot, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of three
dimensional printers 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 MakerBot Industries, LLC, a subsidiary of
Stratasys Ltd., including on-site leased workers from
Adecco USA, Inc., Brooklyn, New York, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September
6, 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 9th day of December 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance