DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,190

ARROW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
VASCULAR DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF TELEFLEX INC.
READING, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-90,190A

OFFICE TEAM AND AEROTEK
WORKING ON-SITE AT ARROW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
VASCULAR DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF TELEFLEX INC.
READING, PENNSYLVANIA

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 September 1, 2015 by the United Steelworkers, Local
6996 on behalf of workers of Arrow International, Inc.,
Vascular Division, a subsidiary of Teleflex Inc., including
on-site leased workers from Office Team and Aerotek, Reading,
Pennsylvania (herein known as "Arrow International, Inc."). The
workers are engaged in activities related to the production of
vascular access medical devices (central venous catheters) packaged
into medical device kits.
The worker group was previously certified eligible to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance under petition number
TA-W-82,436 on March 26, 2013 that terminated on March 26,
2015. The workers of Office Team and Aerotek were not named
within the certification.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Arrow International, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Arrow International,
Inc., Vascular Division, a subsidiary of Teleflex Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Office Team and Aerotek,
Reading, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of vascular access medical devices (central
venous catheters) packaged into medical device kits, 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 Arrow International, Inc., Vascular
Division, a subsidiary of Teleflex Inc., Reading,
Pennsylvania (TA-W-90,190), who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 27, 2015
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 Office Team and Aerotek, working on-site at Arrow
International, Inc., Vascular Division, a subsidiary of
Teleflex Inc., Reading, Pennsylvania (TA-W-90,190A), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 1, 2014, 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, 2015


/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance