Honeywell to Acquire Matrikon

霍尼韋爾收購Matrikon公司

May 13, 2010 – Honeywell signed an agreement valued at approximately $142 million USD (approximately $145 million CAD) to acquire Matrikon, a company specializing in software that helps industrial manufacturers operate their plants safely, reliably and efficiently. The acquisition will strengthen Honeywell’s position in the high-growth oil and gas and power value chains and increase its global footprint in key regions. The transaction is subject to approval by Matrikon’s shareowners.

2010年5月13日消息——霍尼韋爾宣布簽署價值為1.42億美元（約合1.45億加元）合同收購Matrikon公司。Matrikon公司專注于軟件研發，用以幫助工業制造商安全、可靠并高效地進行生產運營。此次收購將加強霍尼韋爾在高速增長的石油、天然氣以及電力行業價值鏈中的地位，并擴展其在全球核心區域的應用。該筆交易還需得到Matrikon的股東批準。

Matrikon will be integrated into Honeywell Process Solutions, which is part of Honeywell’s Automation and Control Solutions business group.

Matrikon將被歸入霍尼韋爾自動化與控制解決方案集團旗下的霍尼韋爾過程控制部。

“Our industrial customers want their plants to run well in any economy, and Matrikon’s products help do that,” said Norm Gilsdorf, president of Honeywell Process Solutions. “Combining Matrikon’s technology and expertise with Honeywell’s industrial platform expands our offering to help customers continue to improve plant performance. This is a great addition to our business.”

霍尼韋爾過程控制部總裁Norm Gilsdorf表示：“我們的行業客戶希望其工廠能夠在各種經濟環境下均運轉良好，Matrikon的產品對我們有所幫助。將Matrikon的技術和專業知識與霍尼韋爾工業及解決方案平臺結合，將擴展我們服務范疇，幫助用戶提升工廠績效，這對于我們的業務是一個極佳的增補。”

Matrikon will bring to Honeywell complementary applications that monitor oil and gas well performance and mining equipment, as well as supply chain solutions for mining. Matrikon’s cyber-security and alarm management solutions also align with Honeywell’s solutions for process safety and security.

Matrikon將為霍尼韋爾帶來互補的應用，包括針對油氣井狀況和采掘設備監測應用，以及采礦業供應鏈解決方案。Matrikon網絡安全以及報警管理解決方案同時會與霍尼韋爾過程安全和安防解決方案相結合。

Founded in 1988, Matrikon specializes in technology to manage production, optimize operations and monitor assets at industrial plants including oil and gas, refining, energy, power and mining companies. These products and solutions provide plant personnel actionable performance data to anticipate and correct problems, identify opportunities for improvement, share best practices and drive the action necessary to achieve and sustain operational objectives. Matrikon’s sales were approximately $80 million USD for the 12 month period ending in February 2010.

成立于1988年的Matrikon專注于工廠的管理生產、優化運營以及資產監控技術，涉足行業包括石油天然氣、精煉、能源、電力以及采礦行業。其提供產品以及解決方案為工廠人員提供可操作的運行數據來預測并糾正錯誤，鑒別改進機會，分享最佳實踐并采取必要行動以實現并保持運營目標。在2010年2月前的12個月里，Matrikon銷售額大約為8千萬美元。

Nizar J. Somji, president and chief executive officer of Matrikon stated: “This combination is a tremendous opportunity for all Matrikon stakeholders, our shareowners, clients and employees. We believe that the path we embarked on with our next generation technology and our product and solution strategy blends well with Honeywell’s technology vision. This will enable our talented workforce to continue to realize global opportunities for large scale solution deployments and will provide the foundation to support our vision of long-term technology partnerships with customers.”

Matrikon總裁兼首席執行官Nizar J. Somji表示：“這一聯合將為所有的Matrikon利益相關者，我們的股東，客戶以及員工提供極大的機遇。我們相信我們所從事的下一代技術以及我們的產品和解決方案戰略與霍尼韋爾的技術遠景相得益彰。這將幫助我們才華橫溢的員工繼續在全球大型工程解決方案實施中不斷發現機遇，同時為實現我們與客戶長期技術合作伙伴關系的遠景提供了基礎。

In addition, entities related to Nizar Somji, the president and CEO of Matrikon, have also granted an option to Honeywell to acquire their outstanding shares at a price of $4.50 CAD per share, exercisable at any time after July 12, 2010, until nine months from the date hereof.

此外，與Matrikon總裁兼首席執行官Nizar J. Somji相關的實體，同時授權霍尼韋爾于2010年7月12日后，可以每股4.5加元于任何時間收購其已發行股票，直至此公告后9個月為止。

Honeywell International is a Fortune 100 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, and Chicago Stock Exchanges. 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.

霍尼韋爾國際是一家位列財富100強的多元化技術和制造行業的領先企業。在全球，其業務涉及航空產品和服務，樓宇、家庭和工業控制技術、汽車產品、渦輪增壓器、以及特殊材料。霍尼韋爾公司總部位于美國新澤西州莫里斯鎮，公司股票在紐約、倫敦和芝加哥股票交易所上市交易。霍尼韋爾過程控制部隸屬于霍尼韋爾自動化與控制集團， 作為全球領先的產品和解決方案供應商，霍尼韋爾過程控制部幫助全球家庭、樓宇建筑以及工業企業提升效率以及利潤率、協助符合法律規范、確保安全并創建舒適的環境。