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An office building with the Honeywell logo in Charlotte, North Carolina.

About Honeywell

Honeywell is a big company that helps make many things we use every day. It is based in Charlotte, North Carolina and works all over the world. About 101,000 people work for Honeywell.

Honeywell makes important parts for airplanes. They also create tools to help buildings stay safe and comfortable. Factories use Honeywell’s equipment to make things better and faster.

The company’s name comes from two older companies, Honeywell Inc. and AlliedSignal, that joined together in 1999. People chose “Honeywell” because it was a well-known name. For many years, Honeywell was one of the important companies in a special group called the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

A Short History

The story of Honeywell began in 1885 when Albert Butz made a device to help homes heat up automatically. In 1906, Mark Honeywell started a company in Indiana to make a special invention called the mercury seal generator.

Over the years, Honeywell grew by joining with other companies. In 1927, it merged with the Minneapolis Heat Regulator Company. During World War II, Honeywell made special tools for the military, like a view device for tanks and an autopilot for airplanes.

In the 1950s and 1960s, Honeywell made famous products like the T-86 Round thermostat. The company kept growing and buying new businesses. In 1999, Honeywell joined with AlliedSignal and kept the Honeywell name. The office moved to New Jersey.

In 2015, Honeywell moved its office to Morris Plains, New Jersey. The company plans to split into three smaller companies, each focusing on different areas like airplane parts and factory tools.

What Honeywell Does Today

Honeywell has four main groups that work on different projects:

  • Honeywell Aerospace Technologies helps improve airplanes, engines, and flight systems. It works with airlines, militaries, and space programs.
  • Building Automation makes buildings safer and more efficient.
  • Safety and Productivity Solutions provides safety tools and technology for workers and industries.
  • Performance Materials and Technologies makes special materials and chemicals used in many industries.

Honeywell has grown by buying many companies since 2002. These companies usually match the technologies Honeywell already uses. After buying them, Honeywell adds these companies to one of its five business groups.

Honeywell has many leaders. The current chief executive officer is Vimal Kapur.

Images

An autopilot control panel from a historic aircraft, displayed at the National Air and Space Museum.
A classic Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic IIA SLR camera with a 50mm lens, showing the design of vintage photography equipment.
A Honeywell wall thermostat used to control building temperature.
An old mainframe computer from the 1990s, showing the Honeywell-Bull DPS 7 system.
An aviation technology display showing modern glass cockpit instruments at the AERO Friedrichshafen 2018 air show.
The Honeywell House, an office building in Kuopio Science Park in Finland.
A Honeywell home alarm system control panel, used to monitor and secure homes.
A digital compass sensor used to detect direction, helpful for navigation and technology projects!
Illustration of the Honeywell DDP 516 computer, an important piece of early computing technology.

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