About Honeywell Egypt
Considered the official beginning of the company that became Honeywell, in 1885, inventor Albert Butz patented the furnace regulator and alarm. He then formed the Butz Thermo-Electric Regulator Co. in Minneapolis and soon created a device he called the "damper flapper.” That invention was a predecessor to the modern thermostat. The Consolidated Temperature Controlling Co. acquired Butz's patents and business, and by 1893, had renamed itself Electric Heat Regulator Co. In 1898, the company was purchased by W. R. Sweatt, who, by 1916, named the company Minneapolis Heat Regulator Company, expanded its product line and patented the first electric motor approved by Underwriters Laboratories.
