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Johnson Controls Receives Nissan Quality Awards

10 February 2000

Johnson Controls Receives Nissan Quality Awards

    MILWAUKEE, Feb. 9 -- Johnson Controls was honored
Tuesday, Feb. 8, with three 1999 Nissan Superior Quality Awards for the
original equipment batteries it supplies to the automaker.
    For the fifth consecutive year, Johnson Controls received Nissan's highest
recognition-the Quality Achievement Award.  Only six of the 250 suppliers to
Nissan achieved this status.  The Quality Achievement Award winners represent
a superior level of excellence in engineering, manufacturing, product quality,
inventory control, and cost while continuing to improve to meet Nissan's needs
and expectations.  Johnson Controls also received the Nissan Quality Master's
Award for the 14th consecutive year, and for the ninth year, Nissan's Zero
Defects Award.
    Johnson Controls supplies original equipment automotive batteries to
Nissan under the Nissan brand name from its battery plant in Toledo, Ohio.
Nissan representatives were on site at the Toledo facility to present the
awards yesterday.
    "We consider these awards to be a barometer of our performance with
Nissan.  They are a tangible example of our mutual commitment to excellence
and we are proud to be associated with a blue chip company such as Nissan,"
said Doug Brown, vice president sales.
    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, Wis.  Its sales for 1999
totaled $16.1 billion.  For more information, visit
http://www.johnsoncontrols.com