PHOENIX, Oct 11, 2005 - Honeywell (NYSE:HON) announced today it has joined the Field Device Tool (FDT) Group, a collaboration of international automation companies that supports the advancement of FDT and Device Tool Management (DTM) technology.Expanding device connectivity and integration with Honeywell's Experion® Process Knowledge System will enable customers to reduce maintenance costs and improve process uptime with Honeywell's asset management and automation solutions. Honeywell will be able to offer innovative solutions to support its own and other supplier's devices through this open technology. "Honeywell is investing in technology and open standards that provide the market with a wide range of choices when interconnecting devices and subsystems with automation solutions.
Honeywell is committed to providing solutions based upon open-systems standards that will benefit the end-user community, and by joining the FDT Group, we can continue to do just that." said Paul Butler, Honeywell Process Solutions Vice President of Technology.Honeywell remains firmly committed to its investments in DDL technology for HART* and FOUNDATION Fieldbus. "FDT technology is complementary to DDL technology and holds promise in other areas, specifically around the support of configuration and diagnostics for more sophisticated subsystems, especially in the discrete and hybrid industries.
The new FDT Group organizational structure makes it much easier for companies to collaborate on this open technology and deliver benefits to our customers," said Butler.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.
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