DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,370

CONMED CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES AND
STAFFWORKS
525 FRENCH ROAD
UTICA, NEW YORK

TA-W-71,370A

CONMED CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES AND
STAFFWORKS
310 BROAD STREET
UTICA, NEW YORK

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 24, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Conmed Corporation, 525 French Road, Utica, New York
(TA-W-71,370) and workers at Conmed Corporation, 310 Broad
Street, Utica, New York (TA-W-71,370A). The workers produce
medical devices for surgeries and other specialties.
The investigation revealed that workers of Conmed
Corporation who are engaged in employment related to the
production of specialty medical devices meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Mexico by Conmed Corporation contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the two Utica, New
York facilities.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Conmed Corporation,
525 French Road, Utica, New York (TA-W-71,370) and Conmed
Corporation, 310 Broad Street, Utica, New York (TA-W-71,370A),
including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services and
Staffworks, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of specialty medical devices 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 Conmed Corporation, 525 French Road, Utica,
New York (TA-W-71,370) and Conmed Corporation, 310 Broad
Street, Utica, New York (TA-W-71,370A), including on-site
leased workers from Kelly Services and Staffworks, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 22, 2008, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on the 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 20th day of January, 2010

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance