DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,664

COLOPLAST MANUFACTURING US, LLC
GLOBAL OPERATIONS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
RANSTAD USA, MASTERSON PERSONNEL, PRIMESTAFF, AERTOTEK,
DISTINCTION IN DESIGN, ENTEGEE
VADNAIS HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA

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 March 9, 2010 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Coloplast Manufacturing US, LLC, Global Operations,
Vadnais Heights, Minnesota (Coloplast). The workers produce
intermittent urinary catheters. The worker group includes on-
site leased workers from Randstand USA, Masterson Personnel,
PrimeStaff, Aerotek, Distinction in Design, and Entegee.
The investigation revealed that workers of Coloplast, who
are engaged in employment related to the production of
intermittent urinary catheters, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at Coloplast have been totally or
partially separated, or threatened with such separation,
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Coloplast has shifted
to foreign countries the production of articles like or
directly competitive with intermittent urinary catheters
produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production to China and Hungary has contributed importantly to
worker group separations at the Vadnais Heights, Minnesota
facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that the workers of Coloplast
Manufacturing US, LLC, Global Operations, Vadnais Heights,
Minnesota, who are engaged in employment related to intermittent
urinary catheters, meet the 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 Coloplast Manufacturing US, LLC, Global
Operations, including on-site leased workers from Randstand
USA, Masterson Personnel, PrimeStaff, Aerotek, Distinction
in Design, and Entegee, Vadnais Heights, Minnesota, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after March 8, 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 11th day of June, 2010

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
Del Min Amy Chen
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance