Johnson Controls is a Wisconsin corporation organized in 1885. Its principal office is located at
5757 North Green Bay Avenue, P.O. Box 591, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201. From 1885 through 1978, the
Companys operations were predominantly in the building efficiency business. Since 1978, the
Companys operations have been diversified through acquisitions and internal growth. In December
2005, the Company significantly expanded the building efficiency business with the acquisition of
York International Corporation (York), a global supplier of heating, ventilation, and
air-conditioning (HVAC) mechanical equipment and services. The Company operates in three primary
businesses: building efficiency, automotive experience, and power solutions.
The building efficiency business is a global market leader in designing, producing, marketing and
installing HVAC equipment and building control systems that monitor, automate and integrate
critical building operating equipment and conditions. In addition, the building efficiency business
provides technical and facility management services, including comfort, energy and security
management for the non-residential buildings market. The businesss installed systems integrate the
management and operation of the building control systems such as temperature, ventilation,
humidity, fire-safety and security. The businesss technical and facility management services
provide a complete suite of integrated solutions to improve building operations and maintenance.
In 1985, the Company entered the automotive seating market through the acquisition of Hoover
Universal, Inc. During the late 1990s, the Company expanded into additional interior systems and
geographic markets. The Companys automotive seating and interior systems business operates under
the name automotive experience, and the Company believes it is among the worlds largest automotive
suppliers. Automotive experience provides seating, instrument panel, overhead, floor console and
door systems to more than 35 million vehicles annually.
In 1978, the Company entered the North American battery market through the acquisition of
Globe-Union, Inc. and the Company has grown in this market through internal growth and strategic
acquisitions. The Companys power solutions business services both automotive original equipment
manufacturers and the general vehicle battery aftermarket by providing advanced battery technology,
coupled with systems engineering, marketing and service expertise. The Company produces more than
110 million lead-acid batteries annually, and offers nickel-metal-hydride and lithium-ion battery
technology to power hybrid vehicles.
Financial Information About Business Segments
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an
Enterprise and Related Information, establishes the standards for reporting information about
operating segments in financial statements. In applying the criteria set forth in SFAS No. 131, the
Company has determined that it has ten reportable segments for financial reporting purposes.
Certain operating segments are aggregated or combined based on materiality within building
efficiency rest of world and power solutions in accordance with the standard. The Companys ten
reportable segments are presented in the context of its three primary businesses: building
efficiency, automotive experience and power solutions.
Refer to Note 18, Segment Information, of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in
Item 8 of this report for financial information about business segments.
For purposes of the following discussion of the Companys businesses, the three automotive
experience segments and the five building efficiency segments are presented together due to their
similar customers and the similar nature of their products, production processes, and distribution
channels.
Products/Systems and Services
Building efficiency
Building efficiency is the global leader in delivering integrated control systems, mechanical
equipment, services and solutions designed to improve the comfort, safety and energy efficiency of
non-residential buildings in more than 125 countries. Approximately 75% of revenues come from
technical services and the replacement and upgrade of controls and heating, ventilating and air
conditioning mechanical equipment in the existing buildings market, where the Companys large base
of current customers leads to repeat business and low cyclicality. The remaining 25% of revenues is
associated with installing controls and equipment during the construction of new buildings.
Customer relationships often span entire building lifecycles.
Building efficiency sells its control systems, mechanical equipment and services primarily through
the Companys extensive global network of sales and service offices. Some types of controls and
mechanical systems are sold to distributors of air-conditioning, refrigeration and commercial
heating systems throughout the world. Approximately 45% of building efficiencys sales are derived
from HVAC products and installed control systems. Approximately 55% originate from its service
offerings. In fiscal year 2006, building efficiency sales accounted for 32% of the Companys
consolidated net sales.
The Companys systems include York ® chillers, air handlers and other HVAC mechanical equipment that
provide heating and cooling in non-residential buildings. The Metasys ® control system monitors and
integrates HVAC equipment with other critical buildings systems to maximize comfort while reducing
energy and operating costs. As the largest global supplier of technical services, building
efficiency supplements or serves as in-house staff to maintain, optimize and repair building
systems made by the Company or by competitors. The Company offers a wide range of solutions such as
performance contracting under which energy savings are used by the customer to pay a third party
financier for the project costs over a number of years. In addition, workplace solutions provides
full-time on-site operations staff and real estate consulting services to help customers,
especially multi-national companies, reduce costs and improve the performance of their facility
portfolios. The Companys on-site staff typically self-performs tasks related to the comfort and
reliability of the facility, and manages the subcontractors for functions like foodservice and
landscaping. Through its unitary products business, the Company produces air conditioning and
heating equipment for the residential market.
Automotive experience
Automotive experience designs and manufactures products and systems for passenger cars and light
trucks, including vans, pick-up trucks and sport/crossover utility vehicles. The business produces
automotive interior systems for original equipment manufacturers and operates approximately 110
wholly- and majority-owned manufacturing or assembly plants in 28 countries worldwide (see
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