Johnson Controls, Inc.

Type	Public
Founded	1885
Headquarters	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Key people	John M Barth, CEO & Chairman
Products	Automotive
Employees	120,000
Website	www.jci.com

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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 hugh 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. It is particularly well known for moving many of its manufacturing jobs from the United States to Mexico due to decreased labor costs.

In 1968 the company aquired Penn Controls which produced refrigeration and gas heating controls. In 1978 the company acquired Globe Union, Inc. and entered the worldwide automotive battery business. In 1985 the company acquired Hoover Universal and entered the automotive seating and plastics machinery business. In 1989 the company acquired Pan Am World Services and started into the facilities management business. In August 2005, the company acquired York International, a manufacturer of commercial and industrial equipment for air conditioning, heating and refrigerating for $3.2 billion. Its former stock symbol was YRK.

External links

• Company web site
• Company international web site
• York International web site
• York Unitary Products Group - View Product Offering web site
• [1] Johnson Controls Moves To Mexico 167 IBEW Jobs Lost in Indiana
• [2] Johnson Controls expects significant job cuts
• [3] COMPANY NEWS; JOHNSON CONTROLS TO CUT 1,065 JOBS AT TWO PLANTS
• [4] Johnson Controls seeks to rein in costs
• [5] Johnson Controls move sets back labor gains