DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,316

NYPRO OREGON, INC.
HEALTHCARE GLOBAL BUSINESS UNIT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF EXPRESS PERSONNEL SERVICE
CORVALLIS, OREGON

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 19, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Nypro Oregon, Inc., Healthcare Global Business Unit,
Corvallis, Oregon. The workers are engaged in employment related
to the production of custom injection molded plastic components.
The worker group also includes on-site leased workers of Express
Personnel Services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Nypro Oregon,
Inc., Healthcare Global Business Unit, Corvallis, Oregon who
are engaged in employment related to the production of custom
injection molded plastic components, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
the workers have become separated at the Corvallis, Oregon
location during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm is
shifting production to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers' firm at the Corvallis, Oregon location.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Mexico and China by Nypro, Inc. contributed
importantly to worker separations at the Corvallis, Oregon
facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Nypro Oregon, Inc.,
Healthcare Global Business Unit, including on-site leased
workers of Express Personnel Services, Corvallis, Oregon, 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 Nypro Oregon, Inc., Healthcare Global
Business Unit, including on-site leased workers of
Express Personnel Services, Corvallis, Oregon, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 16, 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 7th day of January, 2010


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