DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,222
ARROW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SUBSIDIARY OF TELEFLEX, INC.
MEDICAL DIVISION
WYOMISSING, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-71,222A
ARROW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SUBSIDIARY OF TELEFLEX, INC.
MEDICAL DIVISION
READING, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-71,222B
ARROW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SUBSIDIARY OF TELEFLEX, INC.
MEDICAL DIVISION
SPRING RIDGE, PENNSYLVANIA

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(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
(i)(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.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 16, 2009 by an official of the United
Steelworkers, Local 6996, on behalf of workers of Arrow
International, Inc., a subsidiary of Teleflex, Inc., Medical
Division, with facilities in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania (TA-W-
71,222); Reading, Pennsylvania (TA-W-71,222A) and Spring
Ridge, Pennsylvania (71,222B) (hereinafter referred to as
Arrow International). The workers are engaged in activities
related to the production of medical device components and
including associated administrative support services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Arrow
International meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated or are threatened with
separation during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Arrow
International has shifted to Mexico a portion of the
production of articles like or directly competitive with
medical device components produced at the subject locations.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production of medical device components to Mexico by Arrow
International contributed importantly to worker group
separations or the threat of separations at Wyomissing,
Reading, and Spring Ridge, Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Arrow International,
Inc., a subsidiary of Teleflex, Inc., Medical Division,
Wyomissing, Pennsylvania (TA-W-71,222); Reading, Pennsylvania
(TA-W-71,222A), and Spring Ridge, Pennsylvania (71,222B), who
are engaged in activities related to the production of medical
device components and associated administrative support
services, 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 Arrow International, Inc., subsidiary of
Teleflex, Inc., Medical Division, Wyomissing,
Pennsylvania (TA-W-71,222); Reading, Pennsylvania (TA-W-
71,222A) and Spring Ridge, Pennsylvania (71,222B), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 15, 2008, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on 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 1st day of February, 2010


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance