The Automation and Control Solutions segment, which includes Honeywell Life Safety, posted a 3 percent gain in sales and 12 percent gain in profit in 2008’s fourth quarter.
Yesterday's full-year results for the company as a whole were welcome good news: Total sales were a record $25.3 billion, up 3.3 percent. The Safety, Security and Protection Services unit's 2008 sales actually rose 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter and totaled $3.6 billion for the year, up from $3.1 billion in 2007.
Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, accounts for 30 percent of all hearing loss, according to a recent online study release in the journal Human Molecular Genetics.
According to a new survey released today by Kimberly-Clark Professional, 89 percent of safety professionals polled at the 2008 National Safety Council (NSC) Congress have observed workers failing to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) when they should have been.
CEO William Lambert announced "the strongest third quarter in MSA history," calling it "especially satisfying in the current economic environment." Net sales rose by 15 percent, and net income increased 7 percent.
The S12.6 standard for measuring hearing protectors' real-ear attenuation will be "heavily referenced" in EPA's rule changing protector NRR labels, which is expected to be issued soon.