United States. Honeywell announced it will move its global corporate headquarters to Charlotte, North Carolina, a city close to several of the company's businesses in the Southeast. Honeywell also announced that it will move the headquarters of its Security and Productivity Solutions (SPS) business group from Fort Mill, South Carolina, to Charlotte.
The final decision is subject to North Carolina's recently passed Work Development Investment Grant (JDIG) legislation becoming law and the final award of state and local incentives, which the company expects to be completed early next week. As part of the move, approximately 150 to 200 New Jersey-based senior management positions and approximately 100 South Carolina-based positions will be moved to Charlotte between now and September 2019. The company envisions gradually adding approximately 500 Honeywell corporate and SPS positions to the Charlotte location over the next five years, bringing total employment to around 750 by the end of 2024. Any corporate features that will be added in Charlotte will come from multiple locations, not just New Jersey. "The announcement reflects our commitment to locate our corporate headquarters near our large centers in Charlotte, along with Safety and Productivity Solutions, and Atlanta, where our Honeywell Building Technologies and Honeywell Connected Enterprise businesses are located. Charlotte is one of the top 10 destination cities in the "United States that will allow us to recruit and retain the world-class talent we will need over the long term to support Honeywell's strategic focus on leading technology and software solutions in our end markets," said Darius Adamczyk, president and chief executive officer of Honeywell. "We also strongly believe in supporting our communities, and we look forward to bringing Honeywell Hometown Solutions, our award-winning corporate citizenship initiative, to the Charlotte area. Approximately 1,000 Honeywell employees will remain in New Jersey at the company's six locations in that state, including approximately 800 employees at Honeywell's Morris Plains offices. Fort Mill will also remain a major employment center for Honeywell.
