Honeywell’s UOP announced that it has opened a manufacturing and operations center in Penang, Malaysia, that will produce Honeywell’s UOP Separex™ membrane systems. These membrane systems remove impurities from natural gas streams so the gas can then be used as fuel, a feedstock in petrochemicals production, or distributed by pipeline.

“The new manufacturing and operations center in Malaysia will strengthen UOP’s position to meet demand as natural gas becomes a larger part of the world’s energy equation,” said Rajeev Gautam, president and CEO of Honeywell’s UOP. “This facility will expand our membrane manufacturing capabilities and increase our presence in the region.”

Nearly 35 percent of the world’s demand growth for natural gas within the next twenty or so years will come from Asia, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Natural gas is the world’s fastest-growing fossil fuel, with consumption expected to reach 160 trillion cubic feet by 2035.

Read more from the Honeywell’s UOP Separex™ press release.

Honeywell announced it has awarded 185 scholarships to teachers from 19 countries and 37 states to attend its simulated astronaut training and professional development program at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.  

The program, Honeywell Educators @ Space Academy, created in partnership with the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in 2004, is designed to stimulate interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education by providing teachers with new technical skills and teaching techniques that help motivate students.

The selected educators will participate in 45 hours of professional development, as well as an intensive educator curriculum focused on space science and exploration.  Activities include classroom, laboratory, and field training exercises linked to U.S. science and math teaching standards.  Each teacher will also undergo simulated astronaut training including high-performance jet simulation, scenario-based space mission, land and water survival training, and interactive flight dynamics programs.

For more information on the program, please visit http://educators.honeywell.com. 
Read more about Honeywell’s corporate citizenship initiative.

Honeywell has developed Sulf-N® 26, an effective fertilizer to feed a sharply growing global population without the risks associated with nitrate-based fertilizers. The ammonium sulfate nitrate fertilizer offers the best of all worlds. It is safer to handle, transport and store, and it is more difficult to alter, making it impractical to use as an explosive agent.

Nitrogen fertilizers are critical for the agricultural industry to deliver the food that the world needs, a dependency that will only increase with a growing population. Unfortunately, traditional nitrate-based fertilizers like Ammonium Nitrate (AN) or calcium ammonium nitrate can be misused as crude-but-deadly improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and can be unsafe to handle, transport and store.  To combat these safety and security threats, world governments have begun to introduce regulations concerning nitrate-based fertilizers. But, a replacement must be identified to meet the world’s growing need for food.

Watch a video on Sulf-N 26 to learn more.

Honeywell visited Czech Technical University (CTU) with its newest global science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education program, the Honeywell Initiative for Science and Engineering (HISE).

HISE at CTU kicked-off with a lecture by Professor Sheldon Glashow, who shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1979 for his contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles. His lecture “Does Science Evolve through Blind Chance or Intelligent Design?” illustrated how some scientific advances, such as X-rays and penicillin, arise unexpected and some are designed with purpose.

The HISE program, along with partner universities around the world, are working to cultivate and inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists and help them bridge the gap between technical skills learned in higher education with business acumen required in today’s workplace.  Through lectures, colloquiums, technology presentations, special campus events, and online content, HISE gives students direct access to Honeywell’s top technologists and engineers, as well as some of the world’s Nobel Prize-winning Laureates in chemistry and physics.

Learn more about HISE.

Honeywell has introduced its most durable laminate film to date, designed to protect solar power panels from harsh environments while helping them maintain reliable power output over their 25-year lifespans. The product, PowerShield® 3W, is a cost-effective solar panel backsheet that helps protect the electrical circuits, preventing moisture from entering and keeping electrical charges within the module. These features help the module retain maximum power output while maintaining electrical safety.

The technology behind PowerShield 3W is based on Honeywell’s more than 30 years of experience as the world’s leading manufacturer of high-barrier films for food packaging, industrial and healthcare applications, including packaging that protects drugs sold by the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. Honeywell has an active and global research and development program for photovoltaic backsheets, with laboratories in Morris Township, NJ, and Shanghai, China.

Learn more from PowerShield® 3W press release.

Honeywell has delivered 218 stronger and lighter next generation combat helmets containing advanced Honeywell Spectra Shield® and Gold Shield® ballistic materials to the U.S. Army.  They are designed to be 16 to 24% lighter than the helmets currently worn by American soldiers and to provide increased ballistic and non-ballistic performance against handgun rounds and fragments from improvised explosive devices.  The helmets will be evaluated by the Army to help set new helmet performance requirements. 

“Reducing the weight of body armor and head protection is a primary goal of the U.S. Army,” said Dr. James Zheng, Chief Scientist, Project Manager – Soldier Protection and Individual Equipment, Program Executive Office – Soldier, U.S. Army. “Through the testing of these new helmets, we will be able to accelerate the development of future lightweight helmet systems.”

Read the press release

Honeywell has announced an upgrade to its HTF7000 turbofan engine that will simultaneously cut emissions and boost thrust without increasing engine size.

SABER2, the new variant of Honeywell’s singular annular combustor for emissions reduction (SABER) currently available for the HTF engine family, now has improved aerodynamics, re-engineered fuel nozzles and fuel scheduling systems. These changes will offer improved performance as well as significant reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, going beyond the 25 percent reduction already delivered through Honeywell’s existing SABER system.

Honeywell will showcase other aviation products at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) from May 14-16 in Geneva, Switzerland. Products include: Ovation Select™ Cabin Management System, Primus Elite™ Flight Deck, Gulfstream PlaneView® Flight Deck,  and Dassault EASy II Flight Deck.

Read all Honeywell Business Aviation News.

The current issue of Fortune Magazine features Honeywell Chairman and CEO Dave Cote, highlighting the remarkable transformation in financial performance, culture and operations the company has experienced during his decade as leader.   

From his childhood through college and into his career, the article describes Cote as an independent thinker who values hard work and focus.  Under Cote, Honeywell’s stock price is up 84% with a total shareowner return of 215%, outperforming almost all names in its industrial peer group and the S&P 500.  He is credited with aligning the Honeywell, Allied Signal and Pittway cultures and introducing disciplines across the business, such as the Honeywell Operating System (HOS), to unite the company and mobilize the work force under common goals.  The article also highlights Cote’s push to transform Honeywell’s process for mergers and acquisitions, acquiring 70 businesses and divesting 40 over a decade, to shift the company’s portfolio to game-changing technologies that drive high margins and rapid growth. 

The article appears in the magazine’s Fortune 500 issue, which is on newsstands now.  The issue also shows Honeywell at number 77 on the Fortune 500 list, up four spots from 2011.

Read the article or check out Honeywell on the Fortune 500 list.

Honeywell’s SmartView Synthetic Vision System, an aircraft cockpit display technology, has been chosen by aircraft manufacturer Pilatus for its PC-12 NG aircraft equipped with the Primus Apex integrated flight deck. The SmartView option is available now on new PC-12 NG production aircraft and also will be retrofittable in the future.

SmartView will provide PC-12 NG pilots with a real-time view of the location of the aircraft relative to surrounding terrain and a compelling 3-D virtual view outside the cockpit that is unencumbered by visual impediments such as fog, bad weather or darkness. SmartView is also a strategic tool, offering guidance cues, terrain shading and other intuitive prompts to aid pilots in critical decision-making — ultimately improving overall safety for PC-12 NG pilots and passengers. 

Honeywell will showcase other aviation products at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) from May 14-16 in Geneva, Switzerland. Products include: Ovation Select™ Cabin Management System, Primus Elite™ Flight Deck, Gulfstream PlaneView® Flight Deck,  and Dassault EASy II Flight Deck.

Read all Honeywell Business Aviation News.

Honeywell ranks #11 on the 21st Annual “Top 50 Employers” in Woman Engineer Magazine, moving up ten spots from last year’s ranking. The readers of Woman Engineer magazine selected the top companies in the country for which they would most like to work or whom they believe would provide a positive working environment for women engineers. This list is the result of an annual reader survey mailed to randomly selected readers of Woman Engineer magazine.

Honeywell’s ranking will appear in the Spring edition of the magazine.

See the Top 50 list here.