DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,550

BRANSON ULTRASONICS CORPORATION
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF EMERSON ELECTRONIC COMPANY
A PART OF WILLIS TOWER WATSON GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK AND EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
HONEOYE FALLS, NEW YORK

TA-W-95,550A

BRANSON ULTRASONICS CORPORATION
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF EMERSON ELECTRONIC COMPANY
A PART OF WILLIS TOWER WATSON GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ROBERT HALF AND HUMANEDGE
DANBURY, CONNECTICUT

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 January 10, 2020, by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers and former workers of Branson Ultrasonics Corporation,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Emerson Electronic Company, a part
of Willis Tower Watson Group, including on-site leased workers
from Aerotek and Express Employment Professionals, Honeoye
Falls, New York (TA-W-95,550) and Branson Ultrasonics
Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Emerson Electronic
Company, a part of Willis Tower Watson Group, including on-site
leased workers from Robert Half and HumanEdge, Danbury,
Connecticut (TA-W-95,550A). Workers at the Honeoye Falls, New
York location are engaged in activities related to the
production of plastic and metal welding machines. Workers at the
Danbury, Connecticut location are engaged in activities related
to the production of metal welding machines and cleaning
machines.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Branson Ultrasonics Corporation,
Honeoye Falls, New York have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated, and because a significant number or proportion of the
workers in Branson Ultrasonics Corporation, Danbury, Connecticut
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 articles like
or directly competitive with the respective articles produced by
the subject workers, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Branson Ultrasonics Corporation, Honeoye Falls,
New York and Danbury, Connecticut.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Branson Ultrasonics
Corporation, Honeoye Falls, New York and Danbury, Connecticut
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 Branson Ultrasonics Corporation, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Emerson Electronic Company, a part of
Willis Tower Watson Group, including on-site leased workers
from Aerotek and Express Employment Professionals, Honeoye
Falls, New York (TA-W-95,550) and Branson Ultrasonics
Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Emerson
Electronic Company, a part of Willis Tower Watson Group,
including on-site leased workers from Robert Half and
HumanEdge, Danbury, Connecticut (TA-W-95,550A), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 9, 2019 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 2nd day of March 2020.

/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance