Mumbai, India, October 23, 2013 - Honeywell, a global leader in automation and process control, introduced several innovative technology solutions to attendees of the Honeywell India Users Summit, October 21-22, in Mumbai. These new solutions address critical plant operations and can be customized to a plant's individual needs.

Themed "Safe. Reliable. Profitable.," the summit introduced participants to the latest trends, technologies and best-practices in process control and automation to improve business performance, including cyber security assessments, plant audit services and a premium platform for Experion? Virtualization Solutions. These technologies are designed to significantly impact a plant's bottom line by improving safety, reliability and profitability and can be tailored to address the specific needs of different industries like refining and petrochemicals, oil and gas, pulp and paper, metals and minerals, and life sciences.

"Honeywell is committed to helping the Indian process industry achieve their business goals through transformational technologies that can improve the plant's overall performance and create opportunities to do more with less," said Amitava Biswas, general manager, Honeywell Process Solutions India. "With increasing connectivity, there is an immediate need for cyber security solutions that take a logical approach to managing the industrial IT lifecycle from assessment to assurance. At the same time, generating cost savings by using next generation solutions like virtualization is more important than ever."

These technologies help customers build control system security, improve plant reliability and realize value through bottom-line benefits.

• Cyber Security Assessment - This thorough assessment of the process control network examines the cyber security posture of the facility and identifies strengths and deficiencies in processes, people and technology
• Plant Audit Services - A comprehensive set of audit services helps to identify ways to improve the reliability and efficiency of a process plant.
• Premium Platform for Experion Virtualization Solutions - A recent enhancement to Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) Orion, this solution leverages blade server technology to help customers reduce costs and improve productivity.