DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,125

GE HEALTHCARE BIOSCIENCE BIOPROCESS CORPORATION
BIOPHARMA INSTRUMENTS MANUFACTURING DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK, CONNECTIONS,
J AND J STAFFING, AND SYNERFAC
SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY

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 (19
USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the results of
its 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 September 29, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of GE Healthcare Bioscience Bioprocess Corporation,
Biopharma Instruments Manufacturing Division, Somerset, New Jersey.
The workers produce biopharma instruments.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Aerotek,
Connections, J and J Staffing, and Synerfac.
The Somerset facility has two separately identifiable worker
groups. One group manufactures biopharma instruments, and is the
subject of this investigation. A second group manufactures plastic
mixing bags and is not the subject of this investigation.
The investigation revealed that employment in the Biopharma
Instruments Manufacturing Division will decline as the division is
shutting down.
The subject firm is currently shifting biopharma instruments
production in Somerset to Sweden while increasing its imports.
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 do not possess skills that are easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that that there was a shift in
production from the subject firm to Sweden of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm, 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 GE Healthcare Bioscience Bioprocess
Corporation, Biopharma Instruments Manufacturing Division,
including on-site leased workers from Aerotek, Connections, J
and J Staffing, and Synerfac, Somerset, New Jersey, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
September 26, 2007 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 also
eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C., this 12th day of November 2008

/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance