Spin-offs

The Latest: Waymo CEO derides former engineer as ‘an enemy’

February 5, 2018 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the court fight between Google spin-off Waymo and Uber (all times local):

12:45 p.m.

The leader of Google's self-driving car spinoff Waymo says one of the company's former top engineers became "an enemy" after he left to found a startup that he later sold to Uber.

Johnson Controls in Sycamore transitions to spin-off company

By STEPHANIE MARKHAM- smarkham@shawmedia.comJanuary 10, 2017 GMT

SYCAMORE – The Sycamore office for Johnson Controls is now part of the company’s spin-off entity called Adient that supplies automotive seating and interiors.

Johnson Controls, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Wisconsin, announced in January 2016 that its Automotive Experience business unit would become Adient, a separate, publicly traded company.