September, 2011

Honeywell Provides Energy Security to Help FDA Headquarters Weather Recent Earthquake and Hurricane

When the electricity supply was interrupted for millions of East Coast energy users during the recent earthquake and Hurricane Irene, facility operators at the White Oak Federal Research Center in Silver Spring, Md., worked with Honeywell to address each situation head on by taking the campus off the grid and tapping into its own on-site [...]

Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Mark Howes, President of Honeywell Aerospace’s Asia-Pacific Region, Wins China Aerospace Laureate Award

(from left to right: Tian Min, Vice President and Chief Accountant of COMAC, and Mark Howes, President of Honeywell Aerospace’s Asia-Pacific region) Mark Howes, President of Honeywell Aerospace’s Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, won the “Leadership Excellence Award” at the China Aerospace Laureate Awards Ceremony held at Aviation Expo 2011 in Beijing. The awards are organized by the China Aviation [...]

Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Honeywell Chosen by Consumers as the Overall Best Brand of Programmable Thermostats in the U.S., Says Frost and Sullivan Research

Honeywell emerged as the “Overall Best Brand of Programmable Thermostats” in the United States in Frost & Sullivan’s independent research, “2011 U.S. Smart Appliances–A Customer Perspective on Demand-Response.” In the survey of 1,013 U.S. homeowners, 646 owned programmable thermostats and rated various brands on several specific points. Homeowners using Honeywell programmable thermostats rated their thermostats [...]

Posted on Friday, September 23, 2011

Honeywell Announces Expansion of Copper and Tin Refining Capacity for the Semiconductor Industry

Honeywell Electronic Materials announced it will more than double its refining and casting capacity for high-purity copper and tin at its Spokane, Wash., facility in response to rising demand in the semiconductor industry. Demand for the copper material has been steadily growing as new advanced chip designs continue to require high-purity copper. Additional industry growth [...]

Posted on Monday, September 19, 2011

Honeywell Opens Office in Brazil to Support Growing Latin American Oil & Gas Sector

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company and a leader in petroleum refining, gas processing, petrochemical and biofuels technologies, and Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS), a provider of advanced automation controls, have opened a new office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to better serve the growing oil and natural gas sector in Latin America. The new office will employ [...]

Posted on Thursday, September 15, 2011

Honeywell and Opower Develop Next-Generation Tools to Reduce Energy Use and Costs in Homes

Honeywell and Opower, the nation’s leading energy information provider, announced plans to jointly develop energy management tools to help consumers cut their energy use and expenses. The companies will combine Honeywell’s expertise in residential automation and control systems with Opower’s industry-leading energy data analytics and customer engagement techniques to create intuitive, reliable and cost-effective technology [...]

Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2011