Johnson Controls

Johnson Controls International plc
legal form	public limited company
ISIN	IE00BY7QL619
founding	1885
Seat	Cork , Ireland
management	George Oliver (Chairman & CEO )
Number of employees	139,000
sales	37,179,000,000 US dollars
Branch	Conglomerate
Website	www.johnsoncontrols.com
As of September 30, 2015

Main entrance of the Johnson Controls plant in Hannover-Marienwerder , formerly VARTA

Johnson Controls company building in Hanover on the former Varta site

The company Johnson Controls International plc (JCI) is a global Irish conglomerate with US roots and the major lines building and industrial services.

Corporate history

In 1883, Warren Seymour Johnson received the patent for the first electric room thermostat . From this the building services company Johnson Electric Service Company in Milwaukee , USA developed in 1885 .

Johnson Service Company was a previous company name that is documented at least for the period from 1905 to 1912.

The company was renamed to its current name in 1974.

Company takeovers since 1978

• 1978: Globe-Union (manufacturer of car batteries and other auto parts)
• 1985: Hoover Universal Inc. (manufacturer of car seats)
• 1998: Becker Group (plastic injection molding, dashboards, door panels), incl. Happich GmbH, Deutsche Fibrit GmbH
• 2000: Ikeda Bussan in Japan
• 2001: Sagem's interior electronics division in France
• 2001: Hoppecke's car battery division
• 2002: VARTA's car battery division
• 2003: Borg Instruments Germany
• 2005: York International, third largest manufacturer of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and cooling systems worldwide
• 2005: Delphi car battery business
• 2008: Freudenberg Produktionsservice KG and Freudenberg Gebäudeervice KG von Freudenberg
• 2010: C. Rob. Hammerstein Group (CRH)
• 2011: Keiper and the automotive division of Recaro

Merger with Tyco International

On January 25, 2016, Johnson Controls and Tyco International announced a business combination. The group created by the merger will operate as Johnson Controls plc and will have its headquarters in Cork , Ireland.The merger was completed on September 6, 2016.

Splitting up

On October 31, 2016, the spin-off of a leading global manufacturer of car seats, the former Johnson Controls Automotive Seating , was completed. Today the business operates under the name Adient . At the beginning of May 2019 it was announced that the former Johnson Controls Power Solutions had become the independent company Clarios , one of the largest suppliers of car batteries (12 and 48 volts ).

Corporate structure

Today the company is divided into 3 divisions.

Building Efficiency

The Building Efficiency division offers products, services and solutions from the areas of heating, air conditioning, industrial cooling, absorption cooling, roof technology, ventilation technology, building management, security technology and industrial services. The division has more than 500 branches in 150 countries. On September 1, 2015, the Global Workplace Solutions division was sold to CBRE.

Automotive Experience

As a manufacturer of automotive interiors and electronics, the company now has more than 250 locations in 125 countries. The European headquarters of the automotive interiors division is Burscheid . On July 1, 2014, the electronics division was sold to Visteon. The automotive division was spun off from the group in 2016 and has been called Adient since 2016 , based in Ireland.

Power Solutions

As a manufacturer of starter batteries for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and batteries for hybrid vehicles, the company has production facilities in six countries. The European headquarters of the Batteries division is in Hanover-Marienwerder .

Former vehicle production

From 1901, the company manufactured commercial vehicles with steam engines. In 1905 passenger cars followed . At first it was steam cars and from 1908 automobiles with gasoline engines . Vehicle production ended in 1912.

20 cars with steam engines were built. From 1908 onwards there were around 60 cars and 120 trucks a year .

Web links

Commons : Johnson Controls  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• www.johnsoncontrols.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/legal/terms
2. ↑ http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-johnson-controls-tyco-merger-20160906-story.html
3. ↑ Effective Leadership
4. ^ ^{A b} Johnson Controls, Inc .: Form 10-K . November 18, 2015 ( 10kwizard.com [PDF]).
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 786-787 (English).
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 797 (English).
7. ^ Johnson Controls and Tyco to Merge , Johnson Controls January 25, 2015.
8. ↑ Johnson Controls and Tyco to Merge ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Tyco on January 25, 2015. 
9. ↑ http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/media-center/news/press-releases/2016/09/06/johnson-controls-and-tyco-complete-merger