DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,283

MARTECH MEDICAL PRODUCT, INC.
HARLEYSVILLE, 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 January 14, 2010 by three workers of Martech Medical
Product, Inc., Harleysville, Pennsylvania.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject firm
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
catheters and other related medical components meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have become separated from employment during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the subject firm is
shifting the production of catheters and other related medical
components to Mexico.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of catheters and other related medical components
by the subject firm contributed importantly to worker
separations.







Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Martech Medical
Product, Inc., Harleysville, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of catheters and other
related medical components, 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 Martech Medical Product, Inc.,
Harleysville, Pennsylvania who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 4, 2009
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 3rd day of June 2010.


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