DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,615

TELEFLEX MEDICAL
(FORMERLY KNOWN AS GENZYME BIOSURGERY)
CARDIOTHORACIC DEVICES UNIT
A DIVISION OF TELEFLEX, INC.
FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on November 24, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Teleflex Medical (formerly known as Genzyme Biosurgery),
Cardiothoracic Devices Unit, a division of Teleflex, Inc., Fall
River, Massachusetts. The workers at the subject facility produce
sutures and fluid management products; they are not separately
identifiable by product line.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in the production of sutures and
fluid management products to a country (Mexico) that is a party to
a free trade agreement with the United States.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has
determined in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have
been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.








Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:
"All workers of Teleflex Medical (formerly known as Genzyme
Biosurgery), Cardiothoracic Devices Unit, a division of
Teleflex, Inc., Fall River, Massachusetts who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after November
14, 2002 through two years from the date of certification are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974, and are eligible to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 17th day of December, 2003

/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance