HONAUT

HONAUT

In 1987, the company was set up as a joint venture between the Tata Group and Honeywell with design, manufacturing, and several engineering facilities in the industrial city of Pune (located at the 160 km southeast of Mumbai). Also, the company is now the market leader in almost all the business areas that it operates in. In the year 2004, the joint venture ended, and Honeywell is buying out all the stakes from Tata Company. HAIL or Honeywell Automation India is a leading provider of integrated automation and software solutions that enhance productivity and comfort and ensure the safety and security of homes as well as business premises. With more than 2500 employees and an annual turnover of about INR 868 crore, the company is headquartered in Pune, along with eight offices nationwide. It is also a listed company on the Indian stock exchanges and also is a part of Honeywell Inc., the technology leader, along with 120000 employees in about 100 countries worldwide. Also, Honeywell International is a $36 billion manufacturing leader and diversified technology, and serves its clients globally with aerospace products and services; control technologies for homes, buildings, and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and some specialty materials. It is based in Morris Township, N.J., Honeywell shares are being traded on the New York, London, and Chicago Stock Exchanges. Both innovation and adaptability are the hallmarks of the company, and they aim at creating value for clients in an ever-changing market. It also drives the nation's growth by being responsible for its leadership position in running the 'core' business segments of the Indian economy, now be it infrastructure, refining, petrochemicals, chemicals, mining & metals or automobiles, and hospitality. Its brands can be seen on the thermostats in electronic voting machines, in buildings, process control systems in refineries and the factories or as sensors in the automobiles. The Company has an impressive 36000 sq. ft. State-of-the-art manufacturing facility located in Pune, and they strictly adhere to the quality and being receptive to customer needs has helped the Company to provide high-end consulting and engineering designs to organizations, new & innovative solutions in both India and overseas that leads to the enormous savings to the customers via better productivity, and optimum usage of materials and energy, and lesser wastage and the better maintenance of equipment.

Products and Services offered by the company:

• Power generation, Refining, oil and gas, pulp, paper & printing, power transmission & distribution, chemicals & life sciences, metals, and petrochemicals, minerals, and mining.
• CCTV systems & perimeter control systems, Fire detection systems, security systems - access control systems. It is a complete spectrum of high quality and optimal cost engineering, Software development & programming and hardware design home and building the control products & solutions.
• Controls, Electronic sensors, electromechanical switches, machine safety, monitoring & lighting: Also, the sensors for both test & measurement applications.

Several Divisions of the company:

• Honeywell Process Solutions: Under this segment, it is an industry leader in the areas of safety systems, process knowledge systems, simulation technology, wireless field devices, integrated facility, and the process security systems.
• Honeywell Building Solutions: Under this segment, Honeywell Building Solutions (or HBS) is the most significant and the most technically skilled building solutions player in the Indian subcontinent.
• Global Engineering Services: Under this segment, it provides a complete spectrum of high quality and optimal cost engineering, software development & programming and the hardware design with total focus on its quality.
• Environmental and Combustion Control: Under this segment, in more than 100 million homes and 5 million buildings globally, the company's products, components, and systems delivery temperature control, energy conservation, comfort, and safety.
• Sensing and Control: Under this segment, it provides electromechanical and machine safety switches, monitoring, and lighting products for transportation, electronics and test, and measurement sensors and vehicle controls, aerospace, industrial, military, and medical applications.

Honeywell Security Group: It is responsible for protecting millions of businesses, homes, and government facilities worldwide.

Some of the Achievements:

• It is India's first automation and control solutions company that received double certifications of ISO 9001 as well as OHSAS 18001 certifications.
• Also, the Honeywell Automation India received the Frost & Sullivan Brand Leadership and the Product Leadership Awards in the Indian DCS Industry in 2007.
• Honeywell Safety Manager is the first safety system in process industries that received NFPA 72 Certification from the US certifying body.
• ISCEA also awarded the 2007 Ptak Prize to Honeywell, and in recognition of significant Supply Chain enhancements via Vision, Business Rules, and Technology.