Trane® Air Conditioners

In 1885, James Trane opened a plumbing business in La Crosse, WI.  With such cold winters, James searched for a way to heat homes and later invented a low-pressure heating system called the “Trane Vapor Heating System”.  James had a son named Reuben Trane who earned an engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. James later incorporated his company with his son Reuben in 1913 after working with Reuben to manufacturer his heating systems for the past three years.  Looking to cool down the warm summer days, in 1923, Reuben invented a convector radiator which became Trane’s first air conditioner.  The Trane family pioneered the idea of using technology to make homes more comfortable relieving families from the burden of summer’s heat.  In 1931 Trane was officially the air conditioning pioneer that has lead the company forward ever since.