Technological Advancement and Innovative Redesign of Experion PKS Cited for Editor’s Award

PHOENIX, Jan. 17, 2006 – Honeywell (NYSE:HON) has received Control Engineering’s  prestigious Editors’ Choice Award for its redesigned Experion® PKS R300. Control Engineering editors select winners for the Editors’ Choice Award based on strict criteria, including: service to the industry; technological advancement; and market impact.

“Experion R300 is among the most significant innovations featured in our list of winners this year,” said David Greenfield, Control Engineering’s editorial director. “It’s always a challenge to draw winners from such an exceptional pool of products and companies, but R300 stood out as a true leader in technology, design and service.”

The R300 release of Experion features an innovative redesign of its proven automation and control platform hardware. Experion’s open and secure architecture includes new embedded cyber security technology to help prevent denial of service attacks and message flooding at the control level.  It also features an automated backup and restore product, which no other competitor offers in its control system. To improve system uptime and operator efficiency, the release includes an integrated solution that automates complex procedures.

Greenfield attributed Honeywell’s win to five key features, in particular:

• The automated backup-and-restore capability.
• The Series-C, optionally redundant-process input-output (I/O) family, whose vertical design delivers wiring, maintenance and cost savings, and extends to the controller and Fieldbus Interface Module.
• Embedded cyber security.
• The integrated safety manager system.
• Backward compatibility with earlier Honeywell systems.

“The vertical design of the Series C is a real breakthrough in the industry and the incorporation of security and safety measures shows that Honeywell is actively integrating top-of-mind industry issues into products today,” said Greenfield. “Backward compatibility is also a big plus as more products are coming out with limited backward compatibility due to platform choices. This shows that Honeywell is keeping industry realities front-of-mind when developing new products.”

“Being recognized with Control Engineering’s Editors’ Choice Award is tremendous honor,” said Jack Bolick, president of Honeywell Process Solutions. “This award is a testament to Honeywell’s unwavering commitment to innovation, a core value which we will continue to vigorously uphold and pursue in the years ahead.”

This award is the latest in a series of commendations for Experion, including an additional Control Engineering Editors’ Choice Award for the original release of Experion. Honeywell has received wide acclaim from top industry sources, earning START magazine’s Technology & Business Vision Award in 2003 and Hottest Company designation in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Honeywell also has received acclaim from Frost & Sullivan, earning the analyst firm’s Company of the Year designation in 2003 and Customer Value Enhancement Award in 2005.

Honeywell International is a $26 billion diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and specialty materials. Based in Morris Township, N.J., Honeywell’s shares are traded on the New York, London, Chicago and Pacific Stock Exchanges. It is one of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average and is also a component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. For additional information, please visit www.honeywell.com. Honeywell Process Solutions is part of Honeywell’s Automation and Control Solutions group, a global leader in providing product and service solutions that improve efficiency and profitability, support regulatory compliance, and maintain safe, comfortable environments in homes, buildings and industry. For more information about Process Solutions, access www.honeywell.com/ps.

This release contains forward-looking statements as defined in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements about future business operations, financial performance and market conditions.  Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties inherent in business forecasts as further described in our filings under the Securities Exchange Act.

Experion® is a registered trademark of Honeywell International Inc.

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