Johnson Controls is a global diversified technology and industrial leader serving customers in over 150 countries. 130,000 employees
create quality products, services and solutions to optimize energy and operational efficiencies of buildings; lead-acid automotive batteries
and advanced batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles; and interior systems for automobiles. 
Their commitment to sustainability dates back to their roots in 1885, with the invention of the first electric room thermostat. 
Johnson Controls is a leading provider of equipment, controls and services for heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, refrigeration and security
systems for buildings. Operating from 500 branch offices in 150 countries, Johnson Controls delivers products, services and solutions that
increase energy efficiency and lower operating costs for over one million customers.
Johnson Controls is involved in more than 500 renewable energy projects including solar, wind and geothermal technologies.
Thier solutions have reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 13.6 million metric tons and generated savings of $7.5 billion since 2000.
Many of the world’s largest companies rely on Johnson Controls to manage 1.5 billion square feet of their commercial real estate.
Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE: JCI) is a company, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. It was founded in 1885 by professor Warren S. Johnson,
inventor of the first electric room thermostat. It is a Fortune 100 diversified, multi-industrial company with 130,000 employees in 1,300 locations
across six continents. It has achieved consistent growth that includes 61 consecutive years of increased sales, 17 consecutive years of increased
earnings, and 33 consecutive years of dividends increases.
In 1883, Warren S. Johnson, a professor at the State Normal School in Whitewater, Wisconsin, received a patent for the first electric room thermostat.
His invention helped launch the building control industry and was the impetus for a new company. Johnson and a group of Milwaukee investors incorporated
the Johnson Electric Service Company in 1885 to manufacture, install and service automatic temperature regulation systems for buildings.
The company was renamed Johnson Controls in 1974. Between 1885 and 1911, Professor Johnson delved into many other areas, including electric
storage batteries, steam and gas powered automobiles, huge pneumatic clock towers and wireless telegraph communication. But at his death in 1911,
the company decided to focus solely on its temperature control business for nonresidential buildings. Johnson Controls continued to develop new control
technologies to help customers better manage their increasingly larger and more complex buildings. By the 1950s, for example, it was common for a large
building to have hundreds of thermostats, valves, dampers and other temperature control devices installed throughout the facility, all of which had to be individually
checked several times a day. To improve the efficiency of building operations staff, Johnson Controls introduced its Pneumatic Control Center, for the first
time enabling a building operator to monitor and operate all the temperature control devices in a facility from a single, central site. The company that helped
found the controls industry has remained one of its technological leaders. In 1972, it built the industry's first minicomputer dedicated to building control-the
JC80. In the 1980s, Johnson Controls adopted digital control technology with its JC85, which gave customers faster and more precise control of building
systems. In the 1990s, the company pioneered open communication protocols, which allows control devices from various manufacturers to share data
directly for the first time. Today, its Metasys Facilities Management System is reducing energy costs and improving indoor comfort in thousands of buildings
around the world. Service of facilities management systems has long been a staple of the company's offerings. Since the mid-1980s, it has expanded its scope
to cover mechanical and electrical equipment to help customers reduce the number of service suppliers they need. The company created Integrated Facilities
Management (IFM) to give customers a single source for operations and maintenance of all building systems and functions, and to ensure maximum building
efficiency and reliability. Johnson Controls now provides full-time, on-site IFM staff for more than 600 million square feet of building space around the world,
including IBM's facilities in 20 countries, and U.S. Government facilities in Cape Canaveral. In 1978, Johnson Controls acquired Globe-Union, a Wisconsin-based
manufacturer of automotive batteries for both the replacement and original equipment markets. Today, Johnson Controls is the largest producer of private-label
lead-acid automotive batteries in North America, and is spreading its leadership to Asia and South America. The company also makes batteries for emergency
power back-up and telecommunication applications. Johnson Controls entered the automotive seating and plastics machinery industries in 1985 with the
acquisition of Michigan-based Hoover Universal, Inc. Hoover started making components for automotive seats in the mid-1960s. At the time, the seating business
primarily manufactured individual components, like frames, tracks or cushions, according to the automakers' specifications. Today the company has become
the world's largest manufacturer of complete seats, with manufacturing plants on five continents.
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