DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,981

TRANE - CUSTOM AIRESYSTEMS
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
A SUBSIDIARY OF INGERSOLL RAND
FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS

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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 19, 2012 on behalf of workers of Trane -
Custom AireSystems, Climate Solutions, a subsidiary of
Ingersoll Rand, Fort Smith, Arkansas. The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of custom
designed/engineered air handling units for commercial
applications.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and potential customers.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of air handling units by Trane - Custom
AireSystems have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the article
produced by Trane - Custom AireSystems have increased. A
survey of projects that Trane - Custom AireSystems lost
revealed that the awards were given to firms whose air
handling units were manufactured in a foreign country.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Trane - Custom
AireSystems.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Trane - Custom
AireSystems, Climate Solutions, a subsidiary of Ingersoll
Rand, Fort Smith, Arkansas, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of custom designed/engineered air
handling units 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 Trane - Custom AireSystems, Climate
Solutions, a subsidiary of Ingersoll Rand, Fort Smith,
Arkansas, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 18, 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 30th day of May, 2013.

/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance