Honeywell Forecasts 2013 Sales of $39.0-39.5 Billion, Up 4-5

Honeywell announced its 2013 financial forecast and reaffirmed its 2012 outlook at the midpoint of its previous guidance ranges, reflected below.

"We expect 2012 to be another year of strong execution for Honeywell, building on an established track record over the past decade," said Honeywell Chairman and CEO Dave Cote.  "We're achieving good sales growth, record margins, and double digit EPS growth while continuing to generate strong free cash flow. Importantly, we'll have achieved these results while continuing to invest in our future growth.  We've done a lot over the past decade to transform Honeywell and today we're achieving top-tier performance with a differentiated and balanced mix of long- and short-cycle businesses, a successful pipeline of new products, geographic expansion, and continued focus on our key initiatives. While we're planning for a continued slow-growth macro environment in 2013, we will remain flexible and adhere to our disciplined focus on growth, efficiency and competitiveness, driving sales and margins higher.  Our productivity enablers, including the Honeywell Operating System, Functional Transformation, Organizational Efficiency, and Velocity Product Development™, will continue to be long-term differentiators for the company and we anticipate that each will be a meaningful contributor to strong earnings growth and cash generation in 2013."