DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,969

AGFA HEALTHCARE INCORPORATED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF FIND GREAT PEOPLE
GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 November 27, 2009 by three workers on behalf of
workers of AGFA Healthcare, Greenville, South Carolina. The
workers provide medical device design and support services.
The worker group also includes on-site leased workers of Find
Great People.
The investigation revealed that workers of AGFA Healthcare
who are engaged in employment related to medical device design
and support services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated over the relevant period, and
additional separations are planned.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the supply of a service like
or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of medical
device design and support services to Canada by AGFA
Healthcare contributed importantly to worker group separations
at AGFA Healthcare.




Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of AGFA Healthcare,
including on-site leased workers of Find Great People,
Greenville, South Carolina, who are engaged in employment
related to medical device design and 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 AGFA Healthcare, including on-site leased
workers of Find Great People, Greenville, South Carolina,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after November 25, 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 19th day of February, 2010


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