Honeywell was created from the invention of Albert Butz thermostat in 1885 and subsequent innovations in electric motors and control processes of the Minneapolis Heat Regulator Company to which he followed the track since 1886. In 1906, Mark C. Founded Honeywell Honeywell Heating Specialty Co., Inc. in Wabash, Indiana. Honeywell’s company merged with Minneapolis Heat Regulator Company in 1927. From then called the Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company. Honeywell was its first president, William R. Sweatt was its first head of the board. Honeywell thermostat
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