Honeywell International Inc.
June 1, 2012 at 1:44AM
Headquarters: Morristown, N.J.
Employees: About 132,000 worldwide, with about 53,000 in the United States.
Twin Cities operations: Automation and control solutions segment headquartered in Golden Valley; some aerospace segment operations in Minneapolis and Coon Rapids. Other aerospace and automation and control solutions operations in Plymouth.
History: Honeywell was based in Minneapolis until 1999, when it was acquired by AlliedSignal. Although the company kept its name, it moved to the Morristown, N.J., headquarters of AlliedSignal.
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