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To that end, the company has launched Global WorkPlace Solutions. This business model has been created by Johnson Controls, Inc. to fulfill increasing demands from global businesses for a single supplier who can deliver end-to-end, integrated corporate workplace services, on-demand.

“We are transforming our business to create a truly Global WorkPlace Solutions offer that can support the world’s major organizations throughout the complete real estate lifecycle globally,” said Guy Holden, vice president & general manager, Global WorkPlace Solutions, Johnson Controls Inc. “We have developed this model because we know it is what our corporate customers need and demand based on the 1.3 billion square feet we currently handle for them globally. We are committed to investing in our future to ensure that every part of our offer is industry leading.”

Holden leads a global team across the company’s three global regions: the Americas, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), and Asia.

“This new business model addresses the demand from global corporations for a reliable supplier who can deliver consistent solutions to support their employees and processes in all their working environments anywhere in the world,” said Ed McLaughlin, president, Global WorkPlace Solutions - Americas. “We are following a planned strategy to continually improve our offer to these customers by extending our capabilities and professional services to achieve this vision.”

Johnson Controls’ new offering brings together a range of capabilities that enable organizations to plan, source, configure, construct, operate, and renew the workplaces needed to meet changing business needs. These capabilities span eight core offerings:
* Real Estate: strategic advisory, asset management and transaction management services to optimize real estate portfolio performance
* Projects: project and program management for new build, refurbishment, critical services, relocations and moves
* Facilities: designing, procuring and managing the complete scope of integrated WorkPlace support services
* Energy: energy management and sustainability solutions for improved triple bottom line results
* Workspace: improving workspace utilization to create improved efficiency and productivity with reduced cost of occupancy
* Technologies: information technologies for corporate real estate customers to efficiently manage location information, transactions, projects and performance measurements
* Infrastructure: creating intelligent buildings by maximizing the integration of building systems and technology infrastructure such as building management, security access and fire detection
* Consulting: consultancy across all aspects of workplace strategy and operations

“Global WorkPlace Solutions represents our ability to now create better shareholder value for our customers by integrating our offerings where appropriate, and in so doing, significantly improving the performance of their workplace assets,” said Rick Bertasi, vice president & general manager, Global WorkPlace Solutions - EMEA.

“Our new global offering provides greater clarity to the market and is a clear statement on our future direction,” added Julian Harnor, vice president, Global WorkPlace Solutions - Asia. “The integrated approach is already delivering strong benefits for world-leading corporations who are keen to embrace the opportunities for business improvement created through our stakeholder value model.”

The business is active in the following market sectors: Technology; Life Sciences; Retail; Energy and Petrochemical; Commercial; Financial; Industrial and Manufacturing.