Johnson Controls and Saft Part Ways on Battery Production
19 May 2011, 12:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's not often these days that we see two companies that have joined forces to develop battery systems part ways. With the thriving industry of electric and hybrid cars in its early stages and ...
Johnson Controls Battery Recycling Plant Build Begins
19 Jan 2011, 06:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having opened the flood gates to millions and millions of batteries in need of recycling, car makers across the world will soon feel the pressure of having to rid themselves of the piles and piles o...
Johnson Controls Presents Connected Center Stack
18 Jan 2011, 07:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the huge offering of infotainment solutions currently at the consumer's disposal, it is at times hard to keep track, let alone take full advantage of the entire features the car and its sy...
Kia Soul ie:3 Concept, a Supplier's View of the Future
13 Jan 2011, 07:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The North American International Auto Show has proved to be somewhat of a bust when it comes to the number of new exciting models presented. There were, of course, more than a handful of models wort...
Johnson Controls Buys Recaro
3 Jan 2011, 08:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Automotive supplier Johnson Controls decided to give itself a New Year's present and announced in the last day of 2009 that it would purchase two of the most experienced seat businesses on the ...
BMW Lithium-ion Hybrids are Alive and Well
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Johnson Controls-Saft (JCS) will be providing lithium-ion batteries for the mass produced versions of BMW’s 7 Series ActiveHybrid car, which is currently being showcased at the Paris motor sho...
Johnson Controls to Build New Automotive Battery Plant in China
7 Oct 2010, 09:08 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Automotive batteries supplier Johnson Controls announced today it plans to invest $118 million to build a third automotive battery plant in China. The new plant is set be located in Chongqing, joini...
Johnson Controls Orders 20 Ford Transit Connect Electric
23 Sep 2010, 06:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American supplier Johnson Controls announced yesterday it has entered the Ford Transit Connect Electric Lead customer program and ordered no less than 20 such vehicles for its use. The first one wil...
Ford Transit Connect Electric Praised by Michigan Governor
23 Sep 2010, 06:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Recently presented at the 2010 IAA Commercial Vehicle Show in Hanover, the Transit Connect Electric and the way in which the vehicle has been built received yesterday the recognition of Michigan Gov...
Johnson Controls to Buy Delkor
26 Jul 2010, 13:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American supplier Johnson Controls announced today it has reached an agreement with the Delkor Corporation to purchase 90 percent of their existing joint venture. The Delkor JV, based in South Korea...
Johnson Controls Acquires 3.4% of Azure Dynamics
11 Jun 2010, 14:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Canadian division of North American supplier Johnson Controls announced yesterday it has acquired a 3.4 percent stake in Canadian hybrid electric and electric technologies for commercial vehicle...
Johnson Controls Still Wants Visteon
6 Jun 2010, 10:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Despite Visteon rejecting last week the unsolicited proposal made by rival Johnson Controls, calling it an attempt made to undermine the reorganization process, the ones which made the proposal in t...
Visteon Rejects Johnson Controls’ Offer
3 Jun 2010, 07:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After a couple of weeks ago bankrupt American supplier Visteon replied in a very energic manner to the buy proposal submitted by rival Johnson Controls, the supplier announced yesterday it has decid...
Visteon Replies to Johnson Controls’ Buy Proposal
23 May 2010, 13:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The bankruptcy process through which Visteon is currently going through was complicated on May 17 by a buy offer made by rival Johnson Controls. According to Visteon, the offer made by the rival com...