SINGLE, SCALABLE AND SECURE NETWORK WILL ENABLE WIRELESS WORKERS & REMOTE SENSING ACROSS AN ENTIRE FACILITY

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SINGLE, SCALABLE AND SECURE NETWORK WILL ENABLE WIRELESS WORKERS & REMOTE SENSING ACROSS AN ENTIRE FACILITY
12 June 2006 - Honeywell Specialty Materials

Honeywell, at its annual Users Group Symposium today, unveiled a customer-driven industrial wireless roadmap that will help end-users fine-tune plant operations and improve plant employee productivity. The industrial automation and wireless expert outlined its newest initiatives including secure network technology that extends applications to improve compliance, safety and security, reliability and optimization.

Honeywell will ensure that its wireless technology ties into the work of the evolving industrial wireless standard bodies, such as the Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society SP100 and Wireless HART committees.

"With increased economic pressures, the continuing advancement of cost-effective wireless technology and with standardization on the horizon, it's clear that we are at the tipping point for wireless to have a real impact in the plant," said Jack Bolick, president of Honeywell Process Solutions.

Recent customer feedback shows that plant personnel are looking for a secure, reliable, scalable, power managed and multi-functionality strategic wireless "cloud" for use in their facilities. Currently, many traditional wireless networks support only single devices. For example, plants require one network to support hand-held devices and a separate one to support process sensors. Additionally, these networks have different security configurations and compete in the same bandwidth, leaving plants more vulnerable to network failures.

The network will support various industrial protocols and up to 30,000 devices such as tablet PCs and sensors and will co-exist with other wireless devices like PDAs, pagers, walkie-talkies and cell phones. Other key network features include the same built-in cyber security technology that has garnered several awards for the Experion Process Knowledge System and a redundancy feature that automatically routes critical information if a device fails.

"Customers are fueling the industrial wireless revolution and we plan to be right there with them the entire way," Bolick said. "Wireless applications and sensors expand their ability to gather and interpret data to improve plant performance. At the end of the day it comes down to results. They want a wireless solution that not only provides advanced sensing but one that will help them make decisions that positively impact their overall business objectives, whether that is increased profit, productivity or safety."

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About: Honeywell Specialty Materials
Specialty Materials, a US$3.2-billion dollar strategic business group of Honeywell, is a world leader in high-performance speciality materials such as fluorocarbons, speciality films, advanced fibres, customized research chemicals and intermediates. It is also one of the top five providers of materials and solutions to the semiconductor industry, and a major producer of nylon 6 in North America.

Based in Morristown, New Jersey, the business has approximately 10 000 employees and 45 manufacturing and sales facilities. The business serves diverse market segments including automotive, healthcare, agricultural, electronic and food packaging, polymers and plastics, personal care, air conditioning and refrigeration, security coding, lubricants, paper and packaging, semiconductor, paints and coatings, commercial and residential carpet, as well as body and vehicle protection.

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