Johnson Controls Creates Electronics Integration Team To Accelerate Interior Electronics Development

21 September 2000
Johnson Controls Creates Electronics Integration Team To Accelerate Interior Electronics Development
Jim Geschke to take on expanded electronics
integration role for the automotive interior supplier

    PLYMOUTH, Mich., Sept. 21 To further expand the company's
focus on its new electronics business and development strategy, leading
automotive interior supplier Johnson Controls has developed an
Electronics Integration Team.
    Jim Geschke vice president and general manager, Electronics Integration
will lead the team. Geschke is responsible for overseeing the Electronics
Integration Team, as well as developing new electronics opportunities for the
future and strengthening relationships with electronic suppliers in Europe and
North America.
    In addition to Geschke, the following individuals will be part of the
Electronics Integration Team and will be responsible for the following key
areas:

    *  Robert Anderson         Purchasing
    *  Mary Lee Barker         Finance
    *  Mike Benson             Director of Engineering
    *  Rich Chutorash          Business Development
    *  Jennifer Dutmers        Product Marketing
    *  Ken Hopkins             Electronics Commercialization
    *  Tom Truesdell           Quality/Manufacturing

    At the core of the company's new electronics business and development
strategy is its Peer Partnering(TM) strategy -- a commitment to co-develop
advanced electronics for integration into automotive vehicle interiors,
supported by a group of strategic relationships.
    Geschke has been one of the key architects of Johnson Controls' Peer
Partnering strategy, leading the company's first set of Peer Partnering
relationships in the electronics arena. He continues to develop the Peer
Partnering program for Johnson Controls.
    Geschke joined Johnson Controls as part of the former Prince Corporation
of Holland, Michigan in 1992 as chief engineer of electronics. He has more
than 24 years of automotive OEM and supplier electronics experience.
    "We believe that integrated in-vehicle electronics can deliver features
that surprise and delight the customer and enables automakers to differentiate
their vehicles," said Geschke. "With the development of our Electronics
Integration Team and these leadership appointments, we will continue to
accelerate and expand the development of innovative electronic products and
technologies."
    The automotive business of Johnson Controls -- which employs more than
65,000 people at 275 facilities worldwide -- achieved US$12.1 billion in sales
for the 1999 fiscal year. In model-year 2000, it will supply interior products
for more than 23 million vehicles.
    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, Wisconsin. Its sales for 1999
totaled US$16.1 billion.

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