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Honeywell International, Inc. (NYSE: HON) is a major conglomerate company that produces a variety of consumer products,engineering services, and aerospace systems for a wide variety of customers, from private consumers to major corporations andgovernments.

Honeywell is a Fortune 100 company with a workforce of approximately 130,000, of which approximately 58,000 are employed in the United States.[2] The company is headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey. Its current chief executive officer is David M. Cote. The company and its corporate predecessors were part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index from December 7, 1925 until February 9, 2008.

The current "Honeywell International Inc." is the product of a merger in which Honeywell Inc. was acquired by the much larger AlliedSignal in 1999. The company headquarters were consolidated to AlliedSignal's headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey; however the combined company chose the name "Honeywell" because of its superior brand recognition.

Honeywell has many brands that consumers may recognize. Some of the most recognizable products are its line of home thermostats(particularly the iconic round type), Garrett turbochargers, and automotive products sold under the names of Prestone, Fram, and Autolite.

Contents [hide] * 1 History * 1.1 Sweatt leadership legacy * 1.2 James H. Binger * 1.3 Computing * 1.4 Defense interests * 1.5 Specialty materials * 1.6 GE-Honeywell merger attempt * 1.7 Today * 1.8 Six Sigma Plus * 1.9 Honeywell Technology Solutions * 2 Corporate governance * 3 Environmental record * 4 Honeywell philanthropy * 5 Acquisitions * 6 See also * 7 References * 8 External links |

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Honeywell came into being through the invention of the damper flapper, a thermostat for coal furnaces, by Albert Butz, in 1885 and subsequent innovations in electric motors and process...