Honeywell

Honeywell is a major American multinational corporation that produces electronic control systems and automation equipment. It is a major supplier of engineering services and avionics for NASA Boeing and the United States Department of Defense.

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The company is headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey. Its current chief executive officer is David M. Cote.

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Honeywell was one of the eight major computer companies (with IBM - the largest, Burroughs, Scientific Data Systems, Control Data Corporation, General Electric, RCA and UNIVAC) through most of the 1960s. In 1970, Honeywell bought General Electric's computer division; in 1991 Honeywell's computer division was sold to Groupe Bull.

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Honeywell Inc. merged with AlliedSignal in 1999, with the new company named Honeywell International Inc., a Fortune 50 with 140,000 workforce.

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