Johnson Controls, the provider of smart, safe, healthy and sustainable buildings, has announced it is celebrating 140 years of business and achievements.
Since its founding in 1885, Johnson Controls has worked to improve the built environment, delivering the first automatic sprinkler and then the first room thermostat shortly thereafter.
For its 140th anniversary, Johnson Controls has shared it will continue to support customers throughout the building lifecycle with one of the largest portfolios of heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment and controls in the world, coupled with a fire protection and smart security portfolio.
The company is focused on enhancing and protecting essential buildings ranging from data centers to advanced manufacturing, education to hospitals to pharmaceutical labs, creating environments that improve society and help customers run mission-critical operations.
Johnson Controls will continue innovate with its ever-growing portfolio of nearly 8,000 patents and billions of dollars invested in engineering, research and development in recent years.
While portions of the business have been around longer, with its Grinnell and York brands celebrating more than 150 years in existence, the company is united in its inventive spirit and end-to-end partnership with customers.
Johnson Controls CEO Joakim Weidemanis shared: “This year marks a very special milestone for Johnson Controls, our 140th anniversary. And this anniversary is a chance for us to reflect on our journey.
“We are humbled by and grateful for those who came before us and feel the responsibility to forge ahead, accelerate solving our customers’ problems and find new and better ways to advance technologies to make a difference.
“It’s no doubt the secret to our longstanding success is our talented teams around the world and I thank our employees, customers and partners for their role in helping us reach this exciting milestone. As we celebrate what we’ve accomplished, we’re also excited about the future.
“We feel like we have just gotten started. We are ready to accelerate our technology-based innovation and continuous improvement together with our customers to keep transforming our industry for the next 140 years.”
Johnson Controls has shared it is celebrating 140 years of business, an achievement the CEO Joakim Weidemanis called a very special milestone and a chance for the company to reflect on its journey.
