DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,676

SPARTON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM RESOURCE MFG
FREDERICK, COLORADO

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 29, 2010 by a Colorado One-Stop Operator on
behalf of workers of Sparton Medical Systems Corporation,
Frederick, Colorado. The workers manufacture medical equipment,
including precision fluidic handling systems, robotic handling
systems, thermally controlled systems, lasers, optics,
embedded systems, electronics, and sensors. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Resource MFG.
The investigation revealed that workers of Sparton Medical
Systems Corporation, Frederick, Colorado, who are engaged in
employment related to production of medical equipment, meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of workers have been separated over the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of medical equipment by Sparton Medical
Systems Corporation have decreased absolutely over the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
U.S. imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
medical equipment manufactured by Sparton Medical Systems
Corporation have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at Sparton Medical Systems Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sparton Medical
Systems Corporation, including on-site leased workers of
Resource MFG, Frederick, Colorado, who are engaged in employment
related to production of medical equipment, 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 Sparton Medical Systems Corporation,
including on-site leased workers of Resource MFG,
Frederick, Colorado, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 28, 2009,
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 December, 2010

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