DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,532

INGERSOLL RAND
COMPRESSION TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
STROM ENGINEERING, NATIONAL MAINTENANCE CONTRACTING CORP.,
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC., IMAGINE STAFFING,
AND AP PROFESSIONALS
CHEEKTOWAGA, 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; 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 March 1, 2016 by the State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of Ingersoll Rand, Compression Technologies and Services
Division, Cheektowaga, New York (subject firm). The subject firm
is engaged in activities related to the production of centrifugal
compressors and related parts.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Strom Engineering, National Maintenance Contracting Corp.,
Personnel Management Group, Inc. Imagine Staffing, and AP
Professionals.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of centrifugal compressors by the subject firm
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the centrifugal
compressors produced by the subject workers have increased
during the relevant period.
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 the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ingersoll Rand,
Compression Technologies and Services Division, Cheektowaga, New
York, who are engaged in activities related to the production of
centrifugal compressors, 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 Ingersoll Rand, Compression Technologies and
Services Division, including on-site leased workers from
Strom Engineering, National Maintenance Contracting Corp.,
Personnel Management Group, Inc. Imagine Staffing, and AP
Professionals, Cheektowaga, New York, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 1,
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 18th day of May 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance