Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell) operates as an integrated operating company. The company is serving a broad range of industries and geographies around the world. The company’s business is aligned with three powerful megatrends – automation, the future of aviation, and energy transition – underpinned by its Honeywell Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Forge Internet of Things (IoT) platform.
The company’s portfolio of solutions is uniquely positioned to blend physical products w...
Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell) operates as an integrated operating company. The company is serving a broad range of industries and geographies around the world. The company’s business is aligned with three powerful megatrends – automation, the future of aviation, and energy transition – underpinned by its Honeywell Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Forge Internet of Things (IoT) platform.
The company’s portfolio of solutions is uniquely positioned to blend physical products with software to serve customers worldwide. As a trusted partner, the company helps organizations solve the world's toughest, most complex challenges, providing actionable solutions and innovations through its Aerospace Technologies, Industrial Automation, Building Automation, and Energy and Sustainability Solutions business segments that help make the world smarter and safer, as well as more secure and sustainable.
Major Businesses
The company globally manages its business operations through four business segments: Aerospace Technologies, Industrial Automation, Building Automation, and Energy and Sustainability Solutions.
Aerospace Technologies
Aerospace Technologies is a global supplier of products, software, and services for aircrafts that it sells to original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and other customers in a variety of end markets, including air transport, regional, business and general aviation aircraft, airlines, aircraft operators, and defense and space contractors. Aerospace Technologies products and services include auxiliary power units, propulsion engines, environmental control systems, integrated avionics, wireless connectivity services, electric power systems, engine controls, flight safety, communications, navigation hardware, data and software applications, radar and surveillance systems, aircraft lighting, management and technical services, advanced systems and instruments, satellite and space components, aircraft wheels and brakes, and thermal systems. Aerospace Technologies also provides spare parts, repair, overhaul, and maintenance services (principally to aircraft operators), and sells licenses or intellectual property to other parties. The company’s Honeywell Forge solutions enable its customers to turn data into predictive maintenance and predictive analytics to enable better fleet management and make flight operations more efficient.
Industrial Automation
Industrial Automation is a global provider of industrial automation solutions that deliver intelligent, sustainable, and secure operations for customers in refining/petrochemicals, life sciences, utilities, and warehouse and logistics segments. With millions of installed assets, Industrial Automation deploys outcome-based solutions to increase asset utilization; improve operational efficiency and labor productivity; reduce carbon emissions with less energy consumption; and enhance cyber security for critical infrastructure and operational assets. Industrial Automation offerings include automation control and instrumentation products and services; smart energy products; sensing technologies with an array of custom-engineered sensors and services; gas detection technologies and personal protective equipment1; and system design, advanced automation equipment, software and analytics for manufacturing, distribution, and fulfillment operations. These products and services are combined with proprietary machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms in products and projects which are digitally enabled through the company’s industry leading industrial IoT platform, Honeywell Forge.
Building Automation
Building Automation is a global provider of products, software, solutions, and technologies that enable building owners and occupants to ensure their facilities are safe, energy efficient, sustainable, and productive. Building Automation products and services include advanced software applications for building control and optimization; sensors, switches, control systems, and instruments for energy management; access control; video surveillance; fire products; and installation, maintenance, and upgrades of systems. The company’s Honeywell Forge solutions enable its customers to digitally manage buildings, connecting data from different assets to enable smart maintenance, improve building performance, and even protect from incoming security threats.
Energy and Sustainability Solutions
Energy and Sustainability Solutions is a global provider of industry leading technology, processing, and licensing capabilities combined with material science capabilities and innovative chemistry to offer focused solutions integral to facilitating the world's energy transition. The reportable business segment consists of UOP and Advanced Materials1 business units. The UOP business provides sustainable aviation fuels, petrochemical, refining, and natural gas liquefaction technologies, and carbon management solutions across multiple sectors through process technology solutions, products, including catalysts and adsorbents, equipment and aftermarket services. The Advanced Materials business provides customers with its Solstice lower global warming potential refrigeration and heating solutions, Spectra fibers for high end protective armor and medical applications, and leading-edge semiconductor materials. The company’s Honeywell Forge solutions serve customer asset productivity and efficiency needs by providing connectivity, data integration, and software solutions to generate a holistic view of their operations.
Competition
Aerospace Technologies: The company’s competitors include Garmin; L3 Harris; Northrop Grumman; RTX Corporation; Safran; and Thales.
Building Automation: The company’s competitors include Johnson Controls, Schneider Electric, and Siemens.
Energy and Sustainability Solutions: The company’s competitors include Arkema, Axens, Chemours, and Haldor Topsoe.
Industrial Automation: The company’s competitors include Dematic, Emerson Electric, Itron, MSA Safety Incorporated, Rockwell Automation, TE Connectivity, and Zebra Technologies.
U.S. Government Sales
The company, principally through its Aerospace Technologies reportable business segment, sells to the U.S. government acting through its various departments and agencies and through prime contractors, including the U.S. Department of Defense (as both a prime contractor and subcontractor).
International Operations
The company engages in manufacturing, sales, service, and research and development globally. U.S. exports and non-U.S. manufactured products are significant to its operations. U.S. exports represented 14% of the company’s total sales in 2024.
Regulations
Among other environmental requirements, the company is subject to the Federal Superfund and similar state and foreign laws and regulations, under which the company has been designated as a potentially responsible party that may be liable for cleanup costs associated with current and former operating sites and various hazardous waste sites, some of which are on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Priority List.
History
Honeywell International Inc. was founded in Delaware in 1885. The company was incorporated in 1985.