DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,567

DATEX OHMEDA, INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS
DOING BUSINESS AS GE HEALTHCARE
MADISON, WISCONSIN

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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have
contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 3, 2012 by the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, (IAMAW) District 10 on
behalf of workers of Datex Ohmeda, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of GE Medical Systems, dba GE Healthcare, Madison,
Wisconsin(Datex Ohmeda). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of medical devices.
Specifically, the workers manufacture anesthesia machines,
vaporizers, and critical care ventilators. The workers are
not separately identifiable. The subject worker group was
certified eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
under petition number TA-W-71,203 which expires on August 21,
2011.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioners.
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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Datex Ohmeda.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Datex Ohmeda, Inc.,
a wholly owned subsidiary of GE Medical Systems, dba GE
Healthcare, Madison, Wisconsin, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of medical devices 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 Datex Ohmeda, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of GE Medical Systems, dba GE Healthcare,
Madison, Wisconsin, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 22, 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 12th day of June, 2012.


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