Honeywell forms new advanced solutions business

Feb. 8, 2011
Honeywell today announced that it has formed a new business focused on providing advanced open software and services to the process industries.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Honeywell today announced that it has formed a new business focused on providing advanced open software and services to the process industries. The company is integrating the open connectivity and  platform capability of its Matrikon acquisition with its applications and solutions business to form then new , H Advanced Solutions business. Honeywell's solutions enable customers in the mining, chemical, petrochemical, refining, oil and gas, and power sectors to deploy enterprise-wide solutions across their process infrastructure to better control and optimize their manufacturing footprint, better extract information and to make faster and smarter decisions that can transform their business.

"Process companies are increasingly demanding solutions that can work with any control system or application seamlessly across the enterprise," said Ian Brown, vice president, Advanced Solutions. "With Matrikon's track record for open connectivity, agility and innovation and Honeywell's ' lifecycle protection and reputation for project execution and products, customers can now get best-in-class solutions available, matched by industry-beating delivery, consulting and support. We are dedicated to helping our customers get the right information, in the right place and at the right time whether in the plant, across the enterprise, from the cloud or as smart mobile applications."

Using an outcome-based consulting approach, Honeywell offers customers solutions for supply chain, production execution and operational excellence in areas such as energy efficiency, compliance, performance improvement and asset effectiveness. Honeywell also offers solutions for industrial and cybersecurity, advanced process control and optimization, process design simulation and operator training simulation.

The Advanced Solutions portfolio, which includes offerings such as UniSim, Profit Suite, Uniformance PHD and Matrikon, is a part of Honeywell Process Solutions.