Honeywell is a global high-tech company founded in 1906 and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Honeywell's primary businesses include aerospace products and services, building and industrial control technologies, and characteristic materials. Honeywell employs approximately 130,000 people worldwide, including more than 19,000 engineers and scientists. Honeywell is a diversified manufacturing company with businesses in aerospace products and services; building, home and industrial control technologies; automotive products; turbochargers; and specialty materials. Honeywell operates globally and its products and technologies serve the aerospace, automotive, construction, petrochemical, electronics, energy, pharmaceutical, food and other sectors.