DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,490

LONZA WALKERSVILLE INC.,

INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM

AEROTEK AND PIPER COMPANIES

WALKERSVILLE, MARYLAND

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 December 18, 2019 by a state workforce official on
behalf of workers of Lonza Walkersville Inc., Walkersville,
Maryland. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of cell and gene technologies. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Aerotek and Piper
Companies.

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 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 a portion of the
production of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by the workers which contributed importantly
to worker group separations at Lonza Walkersville Inc.,
Walkersville, Maryland.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Lonza Walkersville
Inc., Walkersville, Maryland, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of cell and gene technologies 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 Lonza Walkersville Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Aerotek and Piper Companies,
Walkersville, Maryland, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 17, 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 18th day of February, 2021


/s/ Jessica R. Webster
_______________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance