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2000s

2000 Acquired Ikeda Bussan, auto seat supplier (Japan)
2000 Introduced new products including Auto Vision, in-vehicle video system
2000 The Brengel Technology Center in Milwaukee becomes one of the first eight buildings in the world certified under the new LEED rating system. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design.
2001 Acquisition of Sagem (France), maker of automotive interior electronics
2001 Acquisition of Hoppecke, German automotive battery manufacturer
2002 Acquired Varta automotive battery division (Germany)
2002 Sales exceed $20 billion
2003 Acquired Borg Instruments, Germany
2003 Exceeded $1 billion in purchases from diverse suppliers; named to Billion Dollar Roundtable
2004 Increased dividend for 30th consecutive year
2004 Received the World Environment Center's Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development
2004 Granted a contract for lithium-ion battery development for the United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC)
2004 The Brengel Technology Center in Milwaukee achieves LEED-Gold certification under the new rating system for existing buildings (LEED-EB).
2005 Acquired York International, a global supplier of heating, ventilating, air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment and services
2005 Acquired Delphi's global automotive battery business
2005 Named to Dow Jones Sustainability World Index
2006 Hosted President George W. Bush for major energy speech at Building Efficiency headquarters in Milwaukee
2006 Sales exceed $30 billion
2007 New branding is introduced; "Ingenuity Welcome" becomes the company slogan
2007 Steve Roell is named CEO, the company's ninth in 122 years
2007 One of four founding energy services companies to partner with the Clinton Climate Initiative on its Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit Program.
2008 ASME designates the company's 1895 automatic temperature control system as a historical mechanical engineering landmark
2009 Joined retrofit project to reduce energy usage at Empire State Building by up to 38 percent