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Johnson Controls Facility Management Secures Contract With Xerox

10 December 1999

Johnson Controls Integrated Facility Management Secures Contract With Xerox for Workplace Management Services

    ATLANTA, Dec. 9 -- Johnson Controls, the world's leading
provider of fully integrated facility management services and workplace
consulting, has announced a partnership agreement with Xerox
for strategic workplace management services.
    The five-year contract represents the most comprehensive workplace
management agreement to date for Johnson Controls.  Under the agreement,
Johnson Controls will provide workplace and facility support services for the
10 million square feet of Xerox real estate portfolio in Rochester, N.Y.  The
Xerox Rochester portfolio includes laboratories, research facilities,
manufacturing facilities and office space.
    The partnership encompasses the strategic management of project requests,
new construction, build-outs, reconfiguration, space management and move
management.  Through these workplace services, Johnson Controls Integrated
Facility Management will provide Xerox with expert planning support for
critical workplace decisions and help improve the company's workplace
performance.  In addition, Johnson Controls will conduct ongoing analysis of
all newly implemented workplace initiatives to ensure consistency with Xerox's
long-term strategic plans, secure best value pricing for project initiatives,
and continually streamline project implementation and timelines.
    "We are pleased to incorporate our integrated facility management
expertise into Xerox's workplace management by providing WorkPlace Services,"
says Mike Lamach, Vice President and General Manager, Johnson Controls
Integrated Facility Management.  "The goal of this partnership is to support
Xerox's facility functions and operations with integrated work environment
solutions, and allow Xerox to focus on their strategic goal of enhancing its
customers' business productivity through its specialized document-related
services."
    The Document Company, Xerox, headquartered in Stamford, Conn., is the
global leader in its industry, offering the widest array of document-related
solutions, products and services that enhance business productivity.  The
company's 92,700 employees worldwide, including 52,000 in the United States,
provide expertise in the production and management of paper and electronic
documents from desktop to the network, from the home office to the global
enterprise.
    Johnson Controls Integrated Facility Management, with headquarters in
Atlanta, provides Facility management and workplace consulting services for
many Fortune 500 companies, managing more than one billion square feet of
facilities around the globe.
    Johnson Controls, Inc. , is a global market leader in
automotive systems and facility management and control.  In the automotive
market it is a major supplier of seating and interior systems and batteries.
For non-residential facilities, Johnson Controls provides building control
systems and services, energy management and integrated facility management.
Johnson Controls, founded in 1885, has headquarters in Milwaukee, Wis.  Its
sales for 1999 totaled $16.1 billion.