update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . july 2016 this article is about the hvac company . for other uses see trane disambiguation . trane inc. it s hard to stop a trane . type subsidiary of ingersoll rand industry general building materials founded 1913 as the trane company la crosse wisconsin 2007 reincorporated as successor to american standard companies headquarters swords dublin ireland products building management systems hvac equipment revenue 10.264 billion usd 2005 operating income 875.400 million usd 2005 net income 556.300 million usd 2005 number of employees 29 000 2007 website www.trane.com trane inc. is a manufacturer of heating ventilating and air conditioning hvac systems and building management systems and controls . the company is a subsidiary of ingersoll rand and is the successor company to the american standard companies . it makes products under the trane and american standard brand names . a global company trane s international headquarters are in piscataway new jersey . trane employs more than 29 000 people at 104 manufacturing locations in 28 countries and has annual sales of more than 8 billion . in addition to its activity in hvac systems trane is involved in energy conservation and renewable energy projects . contents 1 history 2 breakup of american standard 3 acquisition by ingersoll rand 4 notable trane buildings 5 manufacturing locations 5.1 commercial products manufacturing locations 5.2 residential products manufacturing locations 5.3 other offices 6 controversy 7 references 8 external links history edit trane chiller in 1885 james trane a norwegian immigrant from troms opened his own plumbing and pipe fitting shop in la crosse wisconsin . he designed a new type of low pressure steam heating system trane vapor heating . reuben trane james son earned a mechanical engineering degree b. s. 1910 at the university of wisconsin madison and joined his father s plumbing firm . 1 in 1913 james and reuben incorporated the trane company . it was reuben s invention of the convector radiator in 1923 that firmly established the company s reputation as an innovator a reputation trane people have been building on ever since . 2 by 1916 the tranes were no longer in the plumbing business but rather were focusing their attention on manufacturing heating products . reuben conceived the idea of the first convector radiator in 1925 which replaced the heavy bulky cast iron radiators that prevailed at the time . trane s first air conditioning unit was developed in 1931 . in 1982 trane purchased general electric s central air conditioning division . with that purchase came many of the most recognizable traits of trane s residential air conditioning products . many of those traits like the distinctive red climatuff compressors the spine fin all aluminum spiny outdoor coil and the all aluminum evaporator coil are still found in trane s current residential equipment lines . 3 in 1984 trane was acquired by american standard inc. and became a fixture in the american standard companies business . following a leveraged buyout in 1988 american standard returned as a publicly held corporation in 1995 . 4 breakup of american standard edit on february 1 2007 american standard companies announced it would break up its three divisions . the company sold off its namesake kitchen and bath division and spun off wabco american standard s vehicle controls division while retaining the trane company . american standard then renamed itself trane inc. effective november 28 2007 . 5 6 acquisition by ingersoll rand edit on december 17 2007 trane announced it had agreed to be acquired by ireland based ingersoll rand in a cash and stock transaction . 7 8 9 10 the sale was completed on june 5 2008 . 11 12 notable trane buildings edit australian stock exchange melbourne the kremlin moscow russia la scala opera house milan italy mccormick place convention center in chicago the olympic sports complex in athens greece seaworld orlando florida the skydome rogers centre in toronto canada statue of liberty new york city washington monument washington d.c. world trade center beijing china burj dubai dubai uae 13 14 manufacturing locations edit commercial products manufacturing locations edit bangkok thailand cairo egypt plant closed charlotte north carolina charmes vosges france clarksville tennessee colchester england plant closed in 2010 columbia south carolina forsyth georgia fort smith arkansas golbey france la crosse wisconsin lexington kentucky lynn haven florida macon georgia penang malaysia pueblo colorado rockingham north carolina rushville indiana sao paulo brazil springhill louisiana st. paul minnesota taicang china yangmei taiwan waco texas araucaria brazil residential products manufacturing locations edit fort smith arkansas monterrey mexico trenton new jersey tyler texas vidalia georgia chennai india other offices edit cepc santiago chile cepc buenos aires argentina cepc vicente lopez argentina controversy edit on july 2 2011 a trane project manager and three employees from o ryun engineering died while servicing hvac equipment at an e mart store in seoul south korea . this included one college student from the university of seoul . 15 the family of the deceased claimed that either one or both of e mart and trane had responsibility for the tragedy 16 and that e mart refuses to meet with them to settle the matter . trane has agreed to cooperate with authorities and investigators and is conducting its own investigation to determine if safety practices need to be revised . trane has said it acts in accordance with the law . 17 references edit trane culture our history trane inc. trane our history trane inc. http cleanairac.com products trane heating and air conditioning history of trane 2004 . p65 trane news release la crosse tribune 7.0 area leaders optimistic about company s name change but none predict that the headquarters will return to city trane ingersoll rand to acquire trane la crosse tribune 7.0 ingersoll rand to buy trane for 10.1 billion la crosse tribune 7.0 reaction to trane sale cautious ; mayor disappointed la crosse tribune 7.0 union new owner good fit for trane http www.forbes.com feeds ap 2008 06 05 ap5087316.html ingersoll rand ingersoll rand completes acquisition of trane trane corporate about trane inc. http www.trane.com commercial uploads pdf cso 405 bd.pdf http www.hani.co.kr arti society society general 485590.html https www.koreatimes.co.kr www news nation 2011 07 205 91195 . html http news.khan.co.kr kh news khan art view.html artid 201107272144215 & code 940702 external links edit retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title trane & oldid 743914598 categories hvac manufacturing companiesla crosse wisconsincompanies based in dublin city ingersoll randhidden categories wikipedia articles in need of updating from july 2016all wikipedia articles in need of updating navigation menu personal tools 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