By Colin Kellaher


Honeywell International Inc. on Tuesday said it designated 34-year company veteran Vimal Kapur to succeed Darius Adamczyk as chief executive of the software industrial company on June 1.

Mr. Kapur, 57 years old, has been president and chief operating officer of the Charlotte, N.C., company since last June. He has also joined the Honeywell board, the company said.

Honeywell said the 57-year-old Mr. Adamczyk, who has been CEO since 2017 and chairman since 2018, will continue to serve as executive chairman.

Mr. Adamczyk joined Honeywell in 2008 as part of the company's acquisition of Metrologic, where he was CEO.


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