Johnson Controls

History

YearDetail
1885 Johnson Electric Service Company was founded.
1907 Introduced line of gasoline cars.
1913 Hoover Steel Ball Company opens to serve the precision bearing and automotive industries.
1925 Johnson Service Company buys the patent for a dual thermostat.
1940 Johnson Service Company goes public.
1964 Johnson Service Company builds its first European manufacturing plant in Lomagna Italy.
1974 The company changes its name to Johnson Controls Inc.
1978 Johnson Controls acquires Globe-Union.
1985 The company acquired Hoover Universal.
2002 Johnson Controls acquires its Varta automotive battery division based in Germany.
2003 The company acquires Borg Instruments of Germany.
2005 The company acquires York International heating.
2023 Johnson Controls partners with Nucor to recycle nearly 100% of scrap steel at Johnson Controls facilities in the U.S.