DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,092

CORDIS CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF JOHNSON & JOHNSON
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES
MIAMI LAKES, FLORIDA

TA-W-81,092A

ATEN SOLUTIONS, INC., ACCUREG, INC., ACRO, ADVANCED ENERGY
SYSTEMS, INC., APC WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, LLC, CREATIVE STAFFING,
COMPUTER AID STAFFING, AND DINALI, INC
WORKING ON-SITE AT CORDIS CORPORATION
MIAMI LAKES, FLORIDA

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 November 16, 2011 on behalf of workers of Cordis
Corporation, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, including on-site
leased workers from Kelly Services, Miami Lakes, Florida (TA-W-
81,092) and Aten Solutions, Inc., Accureg, Inc., Acro, Advanced
Energy Systems, Inc., APC Workforce Solutions, LLC, Creative
Staffing, Computer Aid Staffing, and Dinali, Inc. working on-site
at Cordis Corporation, Miami Lakes, Florida (TA-W-81,092A)
(Cordis). The workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of extruded medical components which are
incorporated into endovascular and cardio stents, catheters,
guidewires, and accessories for sale.
The worker group, Cordis Corporation, a subsidiary of
Johnson & Johnson, including on-site leased workers from Kelly
Services, Miami Lakes, Florida, was covered by a Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) certification TA-W-70,196, which expired on
August 6, 2011. Aten Solutions, Inc., Accureg, Inc., Acro,
Advanced Energy Systems, Inc., APC Workforce Solutions, LLC,
Creative Staffing, Computer Aid Staffing, and Dinali, Inc.
working on-site at Cordis Corporation, Miami Lakes, Florida (TA-
W-81,092A) was not included in the previous certification TA-W-
70,196.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm and the firm’s major declining
customers.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales and
production of endovascular and cardio stents, catheters,
guidewires, and accessories by the firm have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the article
produced by the firm have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Cordis.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cordis Corporation, a
subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, including on-site leased workers
from Kelly Services, Miami Lakes, Florida (TA-W-81,092) and Aten
Solutions, Inc., Accureg, Inc., Acro, Advanced Energy Systems,
Inc., APC Workforce Solutions, LLC, Creative Staffing, Computer
Aid Staffing, and Dinali, Inc. working on-site at Cordis
Corporation, Miami Lakes, Florida (TA-W-81,092A), who are engaged
in activities related to the production of endovascular and
cardio stents, catheters, guidewires, and accessories 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 Cordis Corporation, a subsidiary of Johnson
& Johnson, including on-site leased workers from Kelly
Services, Miami Lakes, Florida (TA-W-81,092), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
August 7, 2011, 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.
And


All workers of Aten Solutions, Inc., Accureg, Inc., Acro,
Advanced Energy Systems, Inc., APC Workforce Solutions, LLC,
Creative Staffing, Computer Aid Staffing, and Dinali, Inc.
working on-site at Cordis Corporation, Miami Lakes, Florida
(TA-W-81,092A), who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 13, 2010, 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 5th day of April, 2012.


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