DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,235

CHART ENERGY AND CHEMICALS, INC.
BRAZED ALUMINUM HEAT EXCHANGERS (BAHX)
A SUBSIDIARY OF CHART INDUSTRIES, INC.
LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN

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 16, 2015 by the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW), Local Lodge 2191, on
behalf of workers of Chart Energy and Chemicals, Inc., Brazed
Aluminum Heat Exchangers (BAHX) division, a subsidiary of Chart
Industries, Inc., La Crosse, Wisconsin (herein known as “Chart
Energy and Chemicals, Inc.”). The workers are engaged in
employment related to the production of vacuum brazed plate-fin
heat exchangers.
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 Chart Energy and Chemicals, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Chart Energy and
Chemicals, Inc., Brazed Aluminum Heat Exchangers (BAHX)
division, a subsidiary of Chart Industries, Inc., La Crosse,
Wisconsin, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of vacuum brazed plate-fin heat exchangers 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 Chart Energy and Chemicals, Inc., Brazed
Aluminum Heat Exchangers (BAHX) division, a subsidiary of
Chart Industries, Inc., La Crosse, Wisconsin, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 14, 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 11th day of February, 2016

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