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Top Controls Distributors Honored at Johnson Controls Business Conference

21 January 2000

Top Controls Distributors Honored at Johnson Controls Business Conference

    MILWAUKEE, Jan. 20 -- Johnson Controls, Inc.
recently recognized its top-performing distributors of 1999 at its Customer
Business Conference held in Tucson, Ariz.
    The Circle Select Premier Distributor of the Year Award for outstanding
incremental growth was awarded to F.W. WEBB Co., Merrimack, N.H. F.W. WEBB
achieved this top award by demonstrating outstanding participation in all of
the program category requirements.
    Controlco Automation Distributors of Concord, Calif., received both the
1999 Premier Distributor of the Year and National Champion Eagle Awards.
The Premier Distributor of the Year Award is presented for the greatest
increase in incremental shipments over the previous year.  The National
Champion Eagle honor is awarded to the Network Systems Distributor realizing
the largest volume of head-end system sales, software and color graphics.
Award winners are required to complete key program requirements, including
sales goals, training, marketing activities and electronic commerce
initiatives.
    In addition, Eagle Awards were presented to the top five Network Systems
Distributors in the West, Central and East regions.  Winners in the Western
region were:  Complete Controls, Houston; Mortemp Inc., Seattle; Control
Consultants, St. Louis; Refrigeration Supply Distributors, Lake Forest, Calif.
and Johnson Supply, Houston.
    Eagle Award winners for the Central region were: Allied Supply, Dayton,
Ohio; Cochrane Supply & Engineering Madison Heights, Mich.; G&O Thermal
Supply, Chicago; R.J. Meyer, Sewickley, Pa. and Johnstone Supply, Cleveland.
    East region winners were:  J-Mar Control Technologies, Stony Brook, N.Y.;
Industrial Controls Distributors, Wanamassa, N.J.; F.W. WEBB, Woburn, Mass;
Aireco Supply Co., Savage, Md. and Energy Equipment & Control, Allentown, Pa.
    The Customer Business Conference is a forum for Johnson Controls Premier,
Select Circle Premier and National Account distributors to discuss current and
future industry trends, exchange ideas and best practices and absorb the
insights of national business consultants.  The agenda is designed and
selected by the attendees and addresses relevant distributor issues, including
customer-oriented sessions, workshops, product showcase and awards.
    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 nonresidential
facilities, Johnson Controls provides building control systems and services,
energy management and integrated facility management.  Johnson Controls,
founded in 1885, has headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Its sales for
1999 totaled $16.1 billion.