DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,042

KMEDIC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
AEROTEK
NORTHVALE, NEW JERSEY

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker 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 in response to a petition
received on April 25, 2005, and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at KMedic, Horsham, Pennsylvania. The Notice of
investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply for
worker adjustment assistance was published in the Federal Register
on May 19, 2005 (70 FR 28960). The workers produced medical
instruments.
The original petition specified workers at a plant in Horsham,
Pennsylvania, but a company spokesman later confirmed that was in
error and the correct location should have been listed as
Northvale, New Jersey. Thus, this decision only pertains to the
Northvale, New Jersey location for workers producing medical
instruments.
The investigation revealed that the declines in employment at
the subject firm are related to the subject firm shifting its
production of medical instruments to Germany, and subsequently
importing those products into the United States.
The investigation further revealed that the Kmedic, Northvale,
New Jersey also leased on-site workers of Aerotek.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Germany of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision, and there has been or is likely to be an
increase in imports of like or directly competitive articles. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:






"All workers of KMedic, including on-site leased workers of
Aerotek, Northvale, New Jersey, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after April 20,
2004, through two years from the date of certification are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 25th day of May 2005.


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance