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{{Short description|Defunct American aerospace, automotive and engineering company}}
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| type = [[Public company|Public]]
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| fate = Acquisition of and merger with Honeywell Inc.
| predecessor = [[Allied Corp.]]
| successor = [[Honeywell]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1985}}
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| location = [[Morristown, New Jersey]]
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| revenue = US$ 15.1 billion (1999)
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| net_income = US$ 1.3 billion (1999)
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| num_employees = 70,400 (1999){{cn|date=March 2023}}
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'''AlliedSignal, Inc.''' was an American aerospace, automotive and engineering company, created through the 1985 merger of [[Allied Corp.]] and The Signal Companies. It purchased [[Honeywell]] for $14.8 billion in 1999, and adopted the Honeywell name and identity.

AlliedSignal was a member of the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] from 1985 until 1999 when it was carried over into [[Honeywell]] on the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] from it purchased in 1999 until initially dropped on February 19, 2008 until August 31, 2020 when it added back to Dow Jones Industrial Average.{{Citation needed|reason=How is this possible if it became Honeywell in 1999?|date=April 2025}}

==History==
The Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation originated with the 1920 merger of five chemical companies: Barrett Paving Materials (est. 1852), General Chemical Company (est. 1899), [[Jacob F. Schoellkopf Jr.|National Aniline & Chemical Company]] (est. 1917), [[Semet-Solvay Company]] (est. 1895), and the [[Solvay Process Company]] (est. 1881). The consolidation occurred with the backing of chemist [[William H. Nichols|William Nichols]], who became concerned about dependence on the German chemical industry during [[World War I]], and financier [[Eugene Meyer (financier)|Eugene Meyer]]. It acquired the Eltra Corporation in 1979.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cook |first1=David T. |title=Allied Corporation vs. the recession |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1982/0414/041438.html |access-date=February 24, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |date=April 14, 1982}}</ref>

The company renamed itself the Allied Chemical Corporation in 1958, then simply the Allied Corp. in 1981. Allied merged with the [[Bendix Corporation]] in 1983, beginning the company's involvement in aerospace.

The Signal Companies traced their history to the Signal Gasoline Company, founded by [[Samuel B. Mosher]] in 1922. It renamed itself to Signal Oil & Gas in 1928 to reflect its expanding businesses. By the 1950s, Signal was the largest independent oil company on the [[West Coast of the United States]] and Mosher held large stakes in [[American President Lines]] and the [[Flying Tiger Line]]. In 1964, Signal merged with the [[Garrett AiResearch|Garrett Corporation]], an aerospace company. In 1967, they purchased [[Mack Trucks|Mack Truck]] for $85m US.<ref name="LAT-Shum">{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Greg |title=Shumway Built Signal Into High-Tech Giant |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-05-16-fi-17603-story.html |access-date=17 May 2024 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=16 May 1985 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The combined company adopted "The Signal Companies" as its corporate name in 1968,<ref name="LAT-Shum" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.honeywell.com/sites/de/en/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523210046/http://www.honeywell.com/sites/de/en/ |url-status=dead |title=Businesses |website=Honeywell Germany |archive-date=May 23, 2009}}</ref> and in 1974, sold its original Oil operations to [[Burmah Oil]] for $480m.<ref name="LAT-Shum" />

The merger of Allied and Signal made aerospace the new company's largest business sector.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://www.honeywell.com/content/honeywell/us/en/home.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621062535/http://www51.honeywell.com/honeywell/about-us/our-history.html |url-status=dead |title=Home |archive-date=June 21, 2008 |website=Honeywell}}</ref> The combined company adopted the name Allied-Signal on September 19, 1985.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.globalfinancialdata.com/articles/dow_jones.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060421145454/http://www.globalfinancialdata.com/articles/dow_jones.html |url-status=dead |title=Dow Jones Industrial Average History<!-- Bot generated title -->|archive-date=April 21, 2006}}</ref> It dropped the hyphen to become AlliedSignal in 1993 to reinforce a one-company image and signify the full integration of all of its businesses.<ref name="auto"/> Between 1992 and 1997, the company radically reduced the number of [[suppliers]] from whom parts and materials were purchased, downsizing its supply base from 10,000 to 2000, particularly by eliminating poorer performing suppliers and training those who remained.<ref>Minahan, T., "AlliedSignal Soars by Building Up Suppliers". ''Purchasing''. September 18, 1997. quoted in Moore, N. Y. ''et al.'' (2002), [https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/documented_briefings/2005/DB334.pdf "Implementing Best Purchasing and Supply Management Practices: Lessons from Innovative Commercial Firms"]. prepared for the US Air Force, Rand, pages 17 and 83. Accessed 14 July 2024.</ref>

On June 7, 1999, AlliedSignal acquired [[Honeywell]] for $14.8 billion and adopted the latter's more recognizable name.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1999-06-08-9906080198-story.html| title=AlliedSignal to purchase Honeywell; $14.8 billion merger to form bigger player in aerospace, defense; 'An exciting natural fit'; Honeywell to leave Minn. headquarters; 4,500 jobs to be cut; Electronics| newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]| date=June 8, 1999| access-date=December 14, 2024| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==Product range==
Before the merger, Honeywell was an international controls company that developed and supplied advanced technology products, systems and services to aviation and space companies and industry. The product lines of the two companies were complementary, the only principal overlap being [[avionics]].

*Aerospace
**Aircraft lighting
**Aircraft wheels & braking systems
**Auxiliary power units (APUs)
**Avionics
**Engines for regional/business aircraft
**Environmental control systems (ECS)
**[[Flight recorder]]s (Black boxes)
**Jet engine fuel control systems
*Automotive products
**[[Autolite]] - Spark plugs
**[[Fram (oil filter)|Fram]] - Air filters, fuel filters, [[oil filter]]s
**Prestone - Antifreeze
**Garrett - [[Turbocharger]]s (formerly [[AiResearch]])
*Engineered materials
**Electronic products
**Polymers
**Specialised chemicals
*Federal Manufacturing and Technology
**Operates facilities for the United States Department of Energy

As of 2006, Allied-Signal's automotive products included [[Fram (oil filter)|Fram]] Filters, Autolite Spark Plugs and Prestone Anti-Freeze. The Bendix Corporation purchased both the Fram and Autolite brands from other companies in 1973. The Prestone brand was acquired in the late 1990s.<ref>{{cite news| title=Allied Signal to Buy Prestone| url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/05/15/alliedsignal-to-buy-prestone/| date=May 15, 1997| newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]| access-date=December 14, 2024}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Garrett AiResearch]]

==References==
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==Notes==
:1.{{note|a}} Stock no longer trades. New symbol is HON.

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060421145454/http://www.globalfinancialdata.com/articles/dow_jones.html Globalfinancialdata.com: exact dates for name changes, as listed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average]

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