Johnson Controls
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| Johnson Controls, Inc. | |
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| Type | Public |
| Founded | 1885 |
| Headquarters | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Key people | Stephan A. Roell, CEO & Chairman |
| Products | Automotive Experience, Power Solutions, Building Efficiency |
| Employees | 140,000 |
| Website | www.jci.com |
Johnson Controls, Inc. NYSE: JCI is an United States company, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, specializing in the design, manufacturing, and installation of automotive systems and nonresidential climate control systems. Its Controls Group also has a prominent facilities management division. It was founded in 1885 by professor Warren S. Johnson, inventor of the first electric room thermostat.
Though the company got its start through the development and implementation of its thermostat technologies, it delved into many other areas including storage batteries, steam and gas powered automobiles, and huge pneumatic clocks. Today it also controls a large stake in the automotive parts industry. It provides automotive batteries and all parts of the interior systems in cars and light trucks.
[edit] Acquisitions
- 1968 - Penn Controls (refrigeration and gas heating controls)
- 1978 - Globe Union Inc (automotive batteries)
- 1985 - Hoover Universal (automotive seating and plastics machinery)
- 1989 - Pan Am World Services (facilities management)
- 1996 - Prince Corporation (automotive interiors and electronics)
- 2005 - York International (air conditioning, heating and refrigerating), $3.2 billion
