Susan F. Davis Elected Director of Butler Manufacturing Company
18 April 2000
Susan F. Davis Elected Director of Butler Manufacturing Company
KANSAS CITY, Mo.--April 18, 2000--Susan F. Davis has been elected to the board of directors of Butler Manufacturing Company (NYSE:BBR).Mrs. Davis is vice president, human resources for Johnson Controls, Inc. The company 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 (NYSE:JCI), founded in 1885, has headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It's sales for 1999 totaled $16 billion with 95,000 employees worldwide.
Mrs. Davis serves on the board of directors of Quanex Corporation and Junior Achievement of Wisconsin.
Butler Manufacturing Company is the world's leading producer of pre-engineered building systems and is a supplier of specialty components and construction services for the nonresidential construction market.
Statements in this press release concerning the company's business outlook or future economic performance; anticipated profitability, revenues, expenses or other financial items, together with other statements that are not historical facts, are "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined under the Federal Securities Laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in such statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, industry cyclicality, fluctuations in customer demand and order pattern, the seasonal nature of the business, changes in pricing or other actions by competitors, and general economic conditions, as well as other risks detailed in the company's 1999 Annual Report to Shareholders on page 17.