Andreas Kramvis, president and CEO of Honeywell Specialty Materials, meets with Professor Theodor W. Hänsch, the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Physics

The Honeywell-Nobel Initiative brought Professor Theodor W. Hänsch, the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Physics, to the Czech Technical University in Prague for two days of high-impact interactions with students and faculty.  Professor Hänsch also delivered a lecture highlighting his research with laser light titled “Passion for Precision” to an audience of more than 350 people.

Andreas Kramvis, president and CEO of Honeywell Specialty Materials, represented Honeywell at the event, and the Honeywell Traveling Technology Experience, a mobile technology exhibition, helped attendees learn more about Honeywell’s products.

The Honeywell-Nobel Initiative combines on-campus events with interactive Web content and broadcast programming designed to link one generation of leading scientists with the development of the next.

For more information, visit the Honeywell-Nobel Interactive Studio, which hosts all lectures from previous events, Podcasts from Nobel Prize winners that offer insights into their award-winning discoveries, and advice about how education can help students achieve their goals.

Honeywell today announced that Andreas Kramvis has been named President and CEO of its $4.9 billion Specialty Materials business, effective March 31, 2008. Kramvis succeeds Nance Dicciani who will retire from the company on April 14, 2008. He will report to Honeywell’s Chairman and CEO Dave Cote.

“Andreas has been with Honeywell since we acquired Pittway in 2000 and has been the President of Environmental and Combustion Controls (ECC), a unit of our Automation and Control Solutions (ACS) business, since 2002,” said Cote. “During that time, ECC has grown sales by more than 75 percent mainly due to new product innovations, successful acquisitions, and an expanding global footprint. He’s an exceptional leader, with a proven track record of delivering profitable growth, driving innovation, and enhancing productivity. We’re confident that this will be a seamless transition for the business and its customers.”

Prior to joining Pittway’s Security Division in 1987, Kramvis held positions in the consumer goods industry with Cadbury-Schweppes PLC and with Comtech, a high-tech venture investment and management company specializing in computer peripherals. He has extensive global experience and speaks French, German, and Greek. Kramvis holds a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from Cambridge University in engineering and electronics and an M.B.A. degree from Manchester Business School.