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SAE International Cooperative Research Project says updated analysis of HFO-1234yf refrigerant does not change prior findings; Says 'unrealistic' test conducted by one automaker does not represent actual crash conditions MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that SAE International, the world's leading automotive engineering organization, has reconfirmed that Honeywell's new low-global-warming-potential mobile air conditioning...

MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J., Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that SAE International, the world's leading automotive engineering association, has reiterated that it has a "high level of confidence" that Honeywell's new low-global-warming-potential mobile air conditioning refrigerant, HFO-1234yf, is safe for use in automobiles. SAE International's Cooperative Research Project (CRP), which included technical experts from 11 global automakers, said in a...

MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J., Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today said it welcomed implementation of the European Union's Mobile Air Conditioning (MAC) Directive, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by requiring use of automotive refrigerants with significantly lower global warming impact. The directive came into force on Jan. 1, 2013, and the company said it is fully prepared to supply automakers with HFO-1234yf, a new lower-global-warming-potential...

MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J., Dec. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today said it is confident that SAE International, recognized as the world's leading automotive engineering association, will reconfirm that HFO-1234yf, Honeywell's new low-global-warming-potential automotive air conditioning refrigerant, is safe for use in automobiles. SAE International, in announcing an update on its fourth and latest Cooperative Research Project (CRP) on the refrigerant, said, "To date,...

MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J., July 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that it will invest $33 million in its Baton Rouge, La., manufacturing facility - one of the leading suppliers of refrigerants in the U.S. - to produce a low-global-warming material used in insulation and aerosols. This investment will provide the Baton Rouge facility with the ability to produce Honeywell's new low-global-warming-potential (GWP) blowing agent and propellant (technical name:...

HealthForumOnline (HFO), a nationally-approved (APA, NBCC, ASWB, PSNA) provider of online continuing education (CE) courses for psychologists, social workers, counselors, nurses and allied healthcare professionals, announces a new CE/CEU course entitled Primary Care Behavioral Health: The Basics for a New Model of Mental Healthcare. Primary care represents a tremendous opportunity for mental health professionals. Patients present to primary care practices for treatment of a spectrum of...

MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J., May 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that it has tripled production capacity for its low-global-warming-potential (GWP) product HFO-1234ze to meet the growing need for the material, which is used in multiple foam and aerosol applications. The production expansion was made at Honeywell's small-scale HFO-1234ze manufacturing facility at its Buffalo Research Lab in Buffalo, N.Y. It was achieved through equipment upgrades and overall...

MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J., April 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that its new low-global-warming refrigerant for use in automobile air conditioning systems has received final approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The approval allows the refrigerant, HFO-1234yf, to be used in new cars in the U.S. HFO-1234yf has a global-warming-potential (GWP) that is 99.7 percent less than HFC-134a, the refrigerant currently used in most car air conditioning...

HealthForumOnline (HFO), a nationally-approved provider of online continuing education (CE) courses for mental health professionals, nurses and allied healthcare workers, announces a new CE/CEU course entitled Energy Psychology: Progression or Retrogression in Understanding and Treating Psychological Disorders. The NIH ranks energy medicine in the top 5 areas of complementary and alternative medicine. Dr. Norman Shealy, the founding president of the American Holistic Medical Association,...

MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J., Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that its new low-global-warming-potential product HFO-1234ze has been accepted for use in foam and aerosol applications by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The new product, hydrofluoroolefin HFO-1234ze, is non-flammable, non-ozone depleting and has a global warming potential (GWP) of 6. HFO-1234ze can replace HFC-134a (with a GWP of 1,430) and HFC-152a (with a GWP of 142) in aerosol...