A year ago Johnson Controls formed a joint venture with French battery maker Saft to develop lithium ion batteries.
In March, 3Com formed a joint venture with Huawei Technologies, a competitor of Cisco in China.
Chevron has formed a joint venture with Weyerhaeuser to develop biofuels from wood waste.
The council formed a joint venture with Keepmoat, a property developer.
Toshiba and Matsushita have formed a joint venture to mass produce OLED displays.
It recently formed a joint venture with Rainbow Chicken, a South African producer.
Also, the Cactus Group, Buenos Aires, formed a joint venture with 33Delivered to form 33Cactus.
British Airways and Iberia, Spain's flag-carrying airline, formed a joint venture in 2011.
Nortel Networks and LG Electronics said they had formed a joint telecommunications equipment venture in South Korea.
Last month, the company formed a joint venture with Pentamedia Graphics Ltd., an Indian graphics entertainment and special-effects company.
In its heyday it formed a joint venture with Sainsbury's to create the now defunct SavaCentre hypermarkets.
