DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,186

DAIKIN APPLIED AMERICAS, INC.
COMMERCIAL HVAC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER DIVISION
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ISSI TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS
AUBURN, NEW YORK

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 December 2, 2015 by the American job center on behalf
of workers of Daikin Applied Americas, Inc., a subsidiary of
Daikin Industries, LTD, Commercial HVAC Equipment Manufacturer
Division, including on-site leased workers from Issi
Technology Professionals, Auburn, New York (Daikin Applied).
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
technologies. Workers are eligible to apply under an earlier
certification which expired on December 27, 2015.
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 production of a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the heating,
ventilation, and air conditioning technologies produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Daikin Applied.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Daikin Applied, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of heating,
ventilation, and air conditioning technologies, 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 Daikin Applied Americas, Inc., a
subsidiary of Daikin Industries, LTD, Commercial HVAC
Equipment Manufacturer Division, including on-site leased
workers from Issi Technology Professionals, Auburn, New
York, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 28, 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 6th day of May 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance