DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,112

TOSHIBA AMERICA MEDICAL, INC.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated on March 25, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Toshiba
America Medical, Inc., South San Francisco, California. The
workers produce magnetic resonance imagers (MRI's).
A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
not been filed on behalf of workers at the subject plant.
This investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject firm decreased in 2001 as compared with 2000 and
in the period of January-March 2002 as compared with the same
period in 2001.


The investigation also revealed that company imports of
MRI's increased in 2001 as compared with 2000 and in the first
quarter of 2002 as compared with the first quarter of 2001.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like
or directly competitive with MRI's produced at Toshiba America
Medical, Inc., South San Francisco, California, contributed
importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the
total or partial separation of workers of that firm. In accor-
dance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Toshiba America Medical, Inc., South San
Francisco, California, engaged in employment related to the
production of magnetic resonance imagers (MRI's) who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 7, 2001, through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 8th day of May, 2002.

/s/ Linda G. Poole
___________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance