DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,313

MILLIPORESIGMA
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF MERCK KGAA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
RANDSTAD CORPORATE SERVICES
BELLEFONTE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 November 16, 2017 by three workers on behalf of workers
of MilliporeSigma, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merck KGaA,
including the on-site leased workers from Randstad Corporate
Services, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania ("MilliporeSigma"). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of products for analysis and purification and analytical
applications for life science, pharmaceutical, petrochemical,
environmental, industrial, food and beverage for government and
academic customers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioners.
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 shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at MilliporeSigma.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of MilliporeSigma, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Merck KGaA, including the on-site
leased workers from Randstad Corporate Services, Bellefonte,
Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of products for analysis and purification and
analytical applications for life science, pharmaceutical,
petrochemical, environmental, industrial, food and beverage for
government and academic customers 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 MilliporeSigma, a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Merck KGaA, including the on-site leased workers from
Randstad Corporate Services, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 15, 2016 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 30th day of November 2017.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance