Honeywell’s wireless moves

The gloves are off and Honeywell is ready to take on all comers in the wireless arena, say the leaders of the automation giant during the keynote addresses at the company’s Honeywell Users Group Americas Symposium 2006 here in hot Phoenix.
“In a well kept secret, we have 20 million wireless devices in service globally,” said Roger Fradin, chief executive for Honeywell’s automation and control solutions. Without mentioning the names of any of their competitors, Fradin simply said when it comes to wireless, “we are the leader.”
Echoing Fradin, Honeywell President for Process Solutions Jack Bolick, said when it comes to wireless, the company is leveraging what they have learned from other business units like aerospace and the home environment “across the board and bringing that to the industrial sector.”
Bolick talked about setting up a wireless mesh network, or cloud, around a plant. That network would enable a company to take advantage of various wireless applications. “Wireless is here today. We are the leaders in wireless. We feel confident in what we have learned over the last several years.”
Bolick said Honeywell is dedicated to working with various wireless committees such as ISA’s SP100 wireless committee and with WINA among others.
“The world is getting smaller and getting faster,” Bolick said.
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