DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,995

MEDPLAST WEST BERLIN, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF MEDPLAST, LLC
INCLUDING WORKERS REPORTING WAGES THROUGH MEDPLAST ENGINEERED
PRODUCTS, INC., AND ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
STAFFING NETWORK
WEST BERLIN, 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 July 20, 2018 by a state workforce official on behalf
of the workers of MedPlast West Berlin, Inc., a subsidiary of
Medplast, LLC, including workers reporting wages through
MedPlast Engineered Products, Inc., and on-site leased workers
from Staffing Network, West Berlin, New Jersey (herein
referred to as "MedPlast"). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of surgical components and
medical devices. Workers are not separately identifiable by
article produced.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and petitioner.
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 a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at MedPlast.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of MedPlast West Berlin,
Inc., a subsidiary of Medplast, LLC, including workers
reporting wages through MedPlast Engineered Products, Inc., and
on-site leased workers from Staffing Network, West Berlin, New
Jersey, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of surgical components and 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 MedPlast West Berlin, Inc., a subsidiary of
Medplast, LLC, including workers reporting wages through
MedPlast Engineered Products, Inc., and on-site leased
workers from Staffing Network, West Berlin, New Jersey,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after July 19, 2017 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 6th day of September 2018.

/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance