HARTFORD, Conn., May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Technologies
Corp. (NYSE: UTX) today pledged $100,000 to the International Federation of
Red Cross Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) for their relief efforts to
victims in earthquake-hit areas in southwest China. The DREF is a vital
part of the International Federation's disaster response system and
increases the ability of national societies to respond to disasters.
The company also is establishing a global matching gift program to help
UTC's 225,000 employees worldwide contribute to the relief efforts. UTC has
295 offices and 14 factories in more than 72 cities in China and Hong Kong.
"We are all saddened by the tragedy of Monday's devastating earthquake
in China and our thoughts are with all who have been affected," said UTC
President and Chief Executive Officer Louis R. Chenevert. "United
Technologies Corporation has been operating in China for a century, and
today we employ more than 14,000 people there. We are deeply grateful and
relieved to learn our many employees were unharmed, and we are now focused
on providing support and relief to the thousands who are suffering. We
thank UTC employees around the world who help ease this suffering."
United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified company
providing high technology products and services to the global aerospace and
building industries. UTC's products include Pratt & Whitney aircraft
engines, Sikorsky helicopters, Carrier heating and air conditioning,
Hamilton Sundstrand aerospace systems and industrial products, Otis
elevators and escalators, UTC Fire & Security systems and UTC Power fuel
cells.
In 2007, UTC was named, for the 4th consecutive year, one of the Global
100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World at the World Economic Forum
in Davos, Switzerland. It has been listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability
Indexes every year since the indexes began in 1999.
Contact: Kate Robins
(860) 728-7980
http://www.utc.com
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