Three Executives at Johnson Controls Appointed to New Roles

22 October 1998
Three Executives at Johnson Controls Appointed to New Management Roles
    PLYMOUTH, Mich., Oct. 22 -- Automotive interior supplier
Johnson Controls has announced the appointment of three top
executives to new positions, effective immediately.
    Randy Leslie has been named vice president of sales and business
development for the company's Toyota Business Unit. Stewart Lang has been
promoted to vice president and general manager of Johnson Controls' Ford
Business Unit. And Dan Bourbon has been named general manager-North America
for the company's Ford Business Unit.
    The changes support efforts at the company's Automotive Systems Group to
develop world-class, customer-focused business units and to leverage new
business opportunities. Johnson Controls is one of the world's largest
suppliers of vehicle interior systems.
    Leslie is based in Plymouth, Michigan, and reports to Garry Cardwell, vice
president and general manager of Johnson Controls' Toyota Business Unit, in
Georgetown, Kentucky. He joined Johnson Controls in 1989 as a sales account
manager, and later served as sales director and as general manager in Johnson
Controls' Ford Business Unit. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in business
administration from Michigan State University and a master's degree in
business administration from Wayne State University.
    Since 1996, Lang had been serving as general manager of the company's Ford
Business Unit in Europe. He previously held the positions of general manager
of European complete seating and managing director of Ikeda Hoover, a Johnson
Controls joint venture with Ikeda Bussan of Japan. Lang joined the company in
1974.
    In his new role, Lang will direct Johnson Controls' worldwide activities
with Ford and report to Mike Johnston, president of the company's Americas
Automotive Group. He will be based in Plymouth, Michigan. Lang earned a
bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Brighton Polytechnic
in the United Kingdom.
    Since 1997, Bourbon served as president and general manager of Intertec
Systems, a joint venture between Johnson Controls and Inoac Corporation of
Japan, located in Southfield, Michigan. He will relocate to Johnson Controls'
technology center in Plymouth, Michigan.
    Bourbon joined Prince, a Holland, Michigan-based subsidiary of Johnson
Controls, in 1988 as business manager for New American Manufacturers. He has
served in a number of positions during the past 10 years, including business
manager for international sales development, and vice president of
international business operations. Bourbon also spent 21 years at General
Motors in manufacturing and materials management. He earned a bachelor's
degree in industrial engineering from General Motors Institute and a master of
science degree in forest management from Michigan State University.
    "These senior managers are taking on new roles to help us deliver on our
commitment to being the leading supplier of innovative vehicle interiors in
the industry," said Mike Johnston, Johnson Controls' president of the Americas
Automotive Group.
    Johnson Controls, Inc., with headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.,
is a global market leader in automotive systems and facility management and
controls. Founded in 1885, Johnson Controls had sales of US$12.6 billion in
1998 and operates in more than 500 locations around the world. See
http://www.johnsoncontrols.com for more information.
    The Plymouth, Michigan-based Automotive Systems Group of Johnson Controls
is one of the world's largest suppliers of vehicle interior systems, and is a
major supplier of batteries. In 1998, the company's worldwide operations will
supply interior products for more than 22 million vehicles. The Automotive
Systems Group employs more than 54,000 people at 215 facilities worldwide and
achieved US$9.3 billion in sales for the 1998 fiscal year.

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