Organisation Description

Honeywell is a US$22-billion diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; power generation systems; specialty chemicals; fibers; plastics; and electronic and advanced materials. Honeywell employs approximately 120,000 people in 95 countries. Honeywell has been manufacturing in Scotland since 1948. The 32 acre site at Newhouse employs 900 people and is a totally integrated manufacturing unit, with Marketing, Design, Engineering and Production facilities to support a broad range of markets, from controls for domestic central heating systems to switches and solid state sensors for advanced avionics

Product/Research Description

Optoelectronic products produced in Newhouse include keyless door entry systems, liquid level sensors, fibre optic couplers, and optical displacement sensing systems. Newhouse is part of the Honeywell Automation & Control Solutions – Control Products business unit, which is a leading producer of Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs).

Quality Standards

Applying for ISO 9000

Main Markets

Optoelectronic components, telecommunication components – global market

Services Offered

Full optical service on a range of optical components; automated wafer to bar scribe and break; automated pick-and-place; fully automated LI characterisation for individual devices before and after coating multiple bars; automated bar to die scribe and break; full documentation on individual devices.

Specialised Skills and Facilities

Honeywell’s design expertise at Newhouse lies predominantly in electronic signal processing skills, particularly in the application of ASICS, and electro-mechanical sensing systems. There is also an in-house optical design capability. The Newhouse factory has won many awards, including the 1998 Scottish Quality Foundation Award for Business Excellence in Manufacturing. It is a recognised leader in flexible cell manufacturing, supply chain management and the application of six sigma techniques in manufacturing, supported by design for six sigma.

Collaboration Sought or Offered

Incubation of innovative spin-off companies. Work with Universities on novel sensing opportunities.