Sao Bernardo, Brazil Seating Plant
Johnson Controls plans to open automotive plant in Brazil
The new seating plant in Sao Bernardo was built to produce seats for Ford vehicles, including this 1996 Fiesta
August 29, 1995 (PD: 201408)
The Johnson Controls’ Briefing newsletter from August 29, 1995 announced the company’s plans to open a 100,000-square-foot plant in Sao Bernardo, Brazil (south of Sao Paulo).
The “just-in-time” plant, the company’s first automotive complete seat facility in South America, would serve as the primary supplier of seats for Brazilian-produced Ford vehicles.
Johnson Controls vice president and general manager Chip McClure stated that “our expansion into Brazil reflects our strength and our global strategy. Johnson Controls is supporting its automaker customers as they grow in emerging markets around the world.” The Brazilian operation was expected to produce approximately 200,000 complete seats annually beginning in 1996.
