DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,979

CARL ZEISS VISION INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF CARL ZEISS VISION INTERNATIONAL GMBH
INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI

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), can be
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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(II)(aa) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which one or more
component parts produced by such firm are directly
incorporated have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.


The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 11, 2019, by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of Carl Zeiss Vision, Inc., a subsidiary of Carl Zeiss
Vision International GmbH, Independence, Missouri. The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
ophthalmic lenses.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition/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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of ophthalmic lenses by Carl Zeiss Vision,
Inc., a subsidiary of Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH,
Independence, Missouri have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Carl Zeiss Vision, Inc., a subsidiary of
Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH, Independence, Missouri
have increased.

Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company imports contributed importantly to the
worker groups separations and sales/production declines at
Carl Zeiss Vision, Inc., a subsidiary of Carl Zeiss Vision
International GmbH, Independence, Missouri.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Carl Zeiss Vision,
Inc., a subsidiary of Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH,
Independence, Missouri, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of ophthalmic lenses 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 Carl Zeiss Vision, Inc., a subsidiary of
Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH, Independence,
Missouri, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 10, 2018, 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 15th day of November 2019.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance