Multiple Airport Solutions Introduced at China 6th Airport Development and Investment Summit
SANYA, April 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- As airports become more sophisticated, airport managers are looking for different ways to be more competitive and efficient. At the 6th China Airport Development and Investment Summit starting today in Sanya, Hainan Province, Honeywell (NYSE: HON), a global leader in automation and control systems, willshare how advanced technologies and solutions can help airports operate more safely, be more environmentally sensitive and efficient with better intelligence in an increasingly complex and intricate operating environment.
China is one of the fastest growing civil aviation markets in the world. The airport industry in China has undergone unprecedented growth in recent years and continues to grow in both number and scale. Between 2011 and 2020 China will build 50 new airports, making a total of over 240 airports by the end of this decade.
Honeywell has the expertise and technologies to bring greater levels of safety to the aviation business both in the air with their electronic and mechanical aviation components, and on the ground with their airport security and building automation products and services. Honeywell technologies have been chosen by China’s major aircraft manufacturers and airliners to make flying safer and more efficient. On the ground, the company’s wide-ranging expertise in automation and control makes it a unique total solution provider to modernize China’s airport industry.
To better serve the airport industry, Honeywell recently formed a new airport business to integrate capabilities among various Honeywell businesses; presenting airport customers with turnkey solutions that make the multiple aspects of running an airport -- building and energy management, life safety, security, airfield ground lighting, visual docking guidance, advanced-surface movement guidance control, foreign object detection, and vehicle tracking – interoperate and communicate seamlessly.
"Whether it’s in the air or on the ground, Honeywell is committed to making air travel safer, more comfortable and more efficient," says Shane Tedjarati, president and CEO of Honeywell China and India. "As China continues its rapid economic growth and urbanization, the aviation industry here is faced with unprecedented opportunities and challenges. It is critical that all the technologies and systems – in the cockpit, on the taxiway or at the terminal -- must interoperate and integrate in a seamless fashion. I’m confident our customers will find Honeywell’s expertise in both aerospace, and automation and controls valuable in helping them achieve enhanced safety and security, reduced accident rates and improve comfort and productivity while keeping the operating cost and energy consumption low."
Honeywell technologies and solutions have already been successfully deployed in hundreds of large airports around the world, including Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Beijing Capital International Airport and Hong Kong International Airport.
In each of the key areas that concern airport managers such as security, safety and environmental control Honeywell has specific solutions to address the challenges. For security, Honeywell Security Group provides airport customers with an integrated security solution, which includes access control, digital video surveillance, alarm and monitoring, radar detection, object tracking, biometric integration, network video recording and advanced video processing systems. The solution offers airports the ability to detect threats faster and respond more swiftly, improving comprehensive security capabilities of airports.
Honeywell Life Safety protects and saves lives at airports worldwide with integrated commercial fire systems, smoke and heat detection, flame and gas detection, electrical fire monitoring systems, public address and voice alarm systems, as well as head-to-toe personal protective equipment. Honeywell’s full range of safety products can provide airport customers with unparalleled complete life safety solutions that improve safety performance. Honeywell Safety Products also helps to improve workplace safety by providing airport workers and firefighters with personal protection solutions such as eye and hearing protection, protective clothing and safety footwear.
Honeywell Environment and Combustion Control Solutions include integrated building control systems including heating, ventilation and cooling, temperature and lighting control, and air purification. These solutions integrate on-site operational status into the Human Machine Interface through a seamless connection between the management network and all levels of the control network. The result is the ability to achieve system-wide surveillance and management of the overall operational status of the airport.
The high-filtration, small-resistance, low-power-consumption of electronic air purification systems, combined with UV and particular TiO2 material, can effectively remove 95 percent of air particles and kill 86 percent of bacteria and viruses; providing a healthy environment for travellers. Advanced LED lighting technology can help airports reduce energy consumption by up to 50 percent. Honeywell’s Ex-Or building-wide managed lighting system can automatically adjust the indoor lighting based on outdoor illumination and can be set to automatically shut down indoor lighting to make full use of natural light, maximizing energy conservation.
For more information on airport business, please visit https://buildingsolutions.honeywell.com/Cultures/en-US/ or email hbschina@honeywell.com
For more information on security solutions, please visit www.cn.security.honeywell.com or call 400-880-0330, or email security.cn@honeywell.com.
For more information on life safety products and solutions, please visit www.honeywelllifesafety.com,or email
HLSChina@honeywell.com.
For more information on Environmental and Combustion Controls solutions, please visit http://customer.honeywell.cn or email ecc.insidesales@honeywell.com
About Honeywell
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