DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,011
AGFA HEALTHCARE INCORPORATED
HEALTHCARE DIVISION
RIDGEFIELD PARK, NEW JERSEY

TA-W-73,011A
AGFA HEALTHCARE INCORPORATED
HEALTHCARE DIVISION
WILMINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS

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 December 4, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Agfa HealthCare Incorporated, HealthCare Division,
Ridgefield Park, New Jersey (TA-W-73,011) and Agfa HealthCare
Incorporated, HealthCare Division, Wilmington, Massachusetts
(TA-W-73,011A). The workers are engaged in employment related
to the supply of internal administrative support services for
the HealthCare Division.
The investigation revealed that workers of Agfa HealthCare
Incorporated, HealthCare Division who are engaged in
employment related to the supply of internal administrative
support services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been partially or fully separated.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country the supply of services like or
directly competitive with the services supplied at the
Ridgefield Park, New Jersey (TA-W-73,011) and Wilmington,
Massachusetts (TA-W-73,011A) facilities.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in services
to Canada by Agfa HealthCare Incorporated, HealthCare Division
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Ridgefield Park, New Jersey (TA-W-73,011) and Wilmington,
Massachusetts (TA-W-73,011A) facilities.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Agfa HealthCare
Incorporated, HealthCare Division, Ridgefield Park, New Jersey
(TA-W-73,011) and Agfa HealthCare Incorporated, HealthCare
Division, Wilmington, Massachusetts (TA-W-73,011A) who are
engaged in employment related to the supply of internal
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 Agfa HealthCare Incorporated, HealthCare
Division, Ridgefield Park, New Jersey (TA-W-73,011); Agfa
HealthCare Incorporated, HealthCare Division, Wilmington,
Massachusetts (TA-W-73,011A) who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September
3, 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 17th day of March, 2010

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance