DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,555

AGFA HEALTHCARE INCORPORATED
CUSTOMER CARE CENTER DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF AGFA-GEVAERT GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ELIASSEN GROUP
CARLSTADT, NEW JERSEY

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 March 13, 2013 by a company on behalf of workers of
Agfa HealthCare Incorporated, Customer Care Center Division, a
subsidiary of Agfa-Gevaert Group, Carlstadt, New Jersey (Agfa
HealthCare). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the services of medical device design and support for the
healthcare industry.
The workers firm included on-site leased workers from
Eliassen Group.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
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 supply of a service
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Agfa HealthCare Incorporated.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Agfa HealthCare
Incorporated, Customer Care Center Division, Carlstadt, New
Jersey, who were engaged in activities related to the supply of
medical device design and support services, 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 Agfa HealthCare Incorporated, Customer Care
Center Division, a subsidiary of Agfa-Gevaert Group,
including on-site leased workers from Eliassen Group,
Carlstadt, New Jersey, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 12, 2012
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 27th day of June, 2013

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance