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Johnson Controls Sets Effect of GM Strike

8 July 1998

Johnson Controls Sets Effect of GM Strike

    MILWAUKEE, July 7 -- Johnson Controls, Inc. said
today that the North American General Motors strike reduced its
earnings by $.10 per diluted share for the quarter ended June 30, 1998.
    The Company explained that the strike had impacted production of complete
seats, seating components and other interior systems for General Motors
domestically produced vehicles. Approximately 1,600 Johnson Controls employees
were put on temporary layoff due to the GM work stoppage.
    Johnson Controls is a global market leader in automotive systems and
building controls. Through its Automotive Systems Group, it supplies seating
systems, interior systems and batteries. The Controls Group serves the
nonresidential buildings market with control systems and services, and
integrated facility management. Founded in 1885, it operates from more than
500 locations worldwide. Johnson Controls (JCI) securities are listed on the
New York Stock Exchange.
    The Company has made forward-looking statements in this document that are
subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include
information concerning possible or assumed future risks and may include words
such as "believes," "expects," "anticipates" or similar expressions.  For
those statements, the Company cautions that the numerous important factors
discussed in the Company's Form 8-K (dated October 30, 1997) could affect the
Company's actual results and could cause its actual consolidated results to
differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement made
by, or on behalf of, the Company.