Hyderabad: Telangana minister for IT and Industries KT Rama Rao inaugurated Johnson Controls’ Open Blue Innovation Centre at Hi-tech City on Tuesday.
Johnson Controls is a 135-year-old company that presently has a global team of 100,000 experts in more than 150 countries. Johnson Controls offers the world`s largest portfolio of building technology & software service solutions, a press release from the Industries ministry said.
Addressing the event, vice-president of Johnson Controls, David Budzinski thanked KTR and said that the company has a deep connection with India and more so with Hyderabad. “There exists a shared philosophy between Hyderabad and Silicon Valley,” he remarked.
Speaking next, KTR said that the state of Telangana is in a process of becoming an innovation center with T-Hub, T works and Johnson Controls could play a major role. “I assure you we have policies in place where, local investors and manufacturers are encouraged and I am very confident that this growth of yours, will hit the 5000 employee mark in Hyderabad.”
Dave Pulling, Vice President & General Manager, Global Security Products, Johnson Controls, Gopal Paripally, Global VP, Engineering & Technology, Johnson Controls, MP Dr Ranjith Reddy, IT Principal Secretary of IT Jayesh Ranjan were also present at the event.
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