EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
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Johnson Controls celebrates
50th anniversary in style
Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI) has been in South Africa for five decades and to celebrate, they
held three events in April to share this moment with their customers, partners, and affiliates.
he Johannesburg event took place on was showcased in-between wine tasting
3 April at the OR Tambo Premier Hotel, and enjoying appetising fine fare against
with Durban on 4 April, and Cape Town the spectacular views from the ceiling-high
following on 5 April. We attended both the
Cape Town and Johannesburg events.
The Durbanville Hills winery with its
windows of the function room.
From starting in 1968 as Mining and
Industrial Air Conditioning (MIAC), the York
spectacular views of Table Mountain, distributor, the company has expanded
Robben Island, Table Bay, and the rolling as a JCI subsidiary, with company-owned
hills of the Durbanville Wine Valley, was the operations in Johannesburg, Durban, Cape
perfect setting for the 50th celebration of JCI Town, and Carletonville and vibrant trading
South Africa in Cape Town. across Africa.
The diversity of the global Johnson
“It is not only time to celebrate 50 years
Controls group in products, innovation, of doing business in South Africa, but also
building services, plant management, time to thank our many clients for their
fire protection, and the environmental strong support and trust placed in York to
control of buildings, homes, and offices, provide solutions for their business. There are
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By John Ackermann and Ilana Koegelenberg
At the Cape Town 50th celebrations, from left: Claude Allain (JCI, Dubai), Jeff Williams (JCI,
United Kingdom), and Neil Cameron (JCI, Johannesburg).