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About Power Solutions

Johnson Controls Power Solutions provides a full range of battery solutions across power train options for automobiles. We are the global leader in lead-acid and advanced batteries for Start-Stop, hybrid and electric vehicles.

Our 50 manufacturing, recycling and distribution centers supply more than one third of the world’s lead-acid batteries to major automakers and aftermarket retailers.

Through our innovations we are building the advanced battery industry for hybrid and electric vehicles. Johnson Controls is the first company in the world to produce Lithium-Ion batteries for mass-production hybrid vehicles. Our commitment to sustainability is evidenced by our world-class technology, manufacturing and recycling capabilities.

OFFERINGS

  • World’s largest manufacturer of lead acid automotive batteries for virtually every type of passenger car, light truck and utility vehicle.
  • More than 50 manufacturing facilities worldwide.
  • Lead acid batteries sold under private label brands as well as our own VARTA®, Heliar®, LTH® and OPTIMA® brand names. Major OEMs and aftermarket retailers include Daimler, General Motors, BMW, Ford, Toyota, Hyundai, Kia, Volkswagen, SAIC, Bosch, Walmart, Halfords, Interstate Battery System of America, Advance Auto Parts, and AutoZone.
  • Our patented PowerFrame® grid technology improves the quality and performance of automotive batteries and reduces emissions because of its structural integrity which minimizes corrosion and grid fractures, while optimizing the flow of electrons. Implementation of PowerFrame earned us the EPA’s “Clean Excellence Award."
  • Instrumental in setting up closed-loop battery recycling in the United States. In the U.S market – 97% of lead acid batteries are recycled and 99% of the material in the batteries is reused.
  • In 2008 launched ecosteps, a lead acid battery recycling initiative to help increase recycling rates of automotive batteries in Europe. ecosteps is modeled after Johnson Controls’ patented closed-loop lead acid battery recycling process used in the United States with best practices implemented in China and Mexico.

LITHIUM-ION

  • Opened world’s first manufacturing site for lithium-ion vehicle batteries in Nersac, France in 2008.
  • Our Meadowbrook facility, located in Holland, Mich., is the first in the country to produce complete Lithium-Ion battery cells and systems for hybrid and electric vehicles made by U.S. automakers. Pack assembly began in September, 2010, with cell production starting in the summer of 2011.
  • Our 58,000-square-foot Battery Technology Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is the largest and most sophisticated automotive battery research and development, engineering and validation facility in the United States, including cell design, system engineering, manufacturing, prototype assembly, testing and integration.

 

Production Contracts:

  • Mercedes Benz
  • Odyne Heavy Duty HEVs
  • XL Hybrids
  • and others...

MANAGEMENT

President - Brian Kesseler

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HEADQUARTERS

5757 N. Green Bay Ave.
PO Box 591, Milwaukee
Wisconsin 53201, US

WEB

www.johnsoncontrols.com

FINANCIALS

2012 sales by Business (in millions)

Automotive Experience $21,334
Building Efficiency $14,715
Power Solutions $5,906
  $41,955








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