Honoring Excellence

To see all the 2006 Product of the Year winners, go to: plantengineering.com

By Bob Vavra April 15, 2007

To see all the 2006 Product of the Year winners, go to: plantengineering.com

Category Name Award Manufacturer Product

Category
Award
Manufacturer
Product

GRAND AWARD

Baldor Electric Co.
Stainless Steel Servo-Rated Gearheads

Automation and Control
Gold
Rockwell Automation
CompactLogix with Kinetix Integrated Motion

Silver
Siemens Energy & Automation
Simatic RF600

Bronze
Invensys Process Systems
InFusion

Stealth Computer Corp.
TuffTouch

Compressed Air
Gold
Sullair Corporation
3700 rotary screw air compressor

Silver
TESEO SRL
AP 50 modular piping

Exair Corp
EFC electronic flow control

Construction, Buildings and Grounds
Gold
Hilti North America
PX10 Transpointer

Silver
Albany Door Systems
RapidRoll 3000R

Bronze
Eaton Corporation
EZ Box and EZ Trim

Goff’s Enterprises
Draw-Tite Door

DL Manufacturing
Safety Strap

Electric Motors, Drives and Controls
Gold
Siemens Energy & Automation
NEMA Motors

Silver
Baldor Electric Co.
H2 Washdown Duty Inverter

Bronze
ITT
PumpSmart PS 200

Electric Power
Gold
Littelfuse
Smart Glow Fuse

Silver
American Power Conversion
Smart Distribution Panel with automatic transfer switch

Environment, Safety and Health
Gold
Kimberly-Clark Professional
Kleenguard G60 Purple Nitrile Cut-Resistant Gloves

Silver
New Pig Corporation
PIG Poly Spill Containment Pallet

Bronze
Steril-Aire, Inc.
RIDS (Remedial In-room Decontamination System)

Fluid Handling
Gold
New Pig Corporation
PIG One Hand Open-head Funnel

Silver
A. W. Chesterton Co.
33K Split Bearing Seal

Bronze
Spirax Sarco, Inc.
PTF4

HVAC
Gold
Vortec – ITW Air Management
Vortex A/C cooling system

Silver
MovinCool/Denso Sales California Inc.
CM12 air conditioner

Instrumentation
Gold
Emerson Process Management
In-situ full meter verification technology

Silver
Ashcroft Inc.
Xmitr

Bronze
Extech Instruments
Airflow Anemometer + IR Thermometer

Lighting
Gold
Schneider Electric
Powerlink NF3000G3C Controller

Silver
Watt Stopper/Legrand
Emergency Lighting Control

Bronze
The Bodine Company
CheckMate ET1

Maintenance Products
Gold
Rust-Oleum
ThermaKrete

Silver
Garlock
Multi-Swell gasket

Bronze
The Sherwin-Williams Company
AquArmor Flooring System

Maintenance Software
Gold
Honeywell Process Solutions
Field Device Manager

Silver
MRO Software
Maximo Enterprise Suite

Bronze
Cooper Bussmann, Inc.
OSCAR Compliance Software

Maintenance Tools and Equipment
Gold
Fluke Corp.
Ti20 Thermal Imager

Silver
Superior Tool Company
UltraCut Cordless Tubing Cutter

Bronze
Stanley Proto
Quick Ratchet Tool Set

Fixturlaser
Fixturlaser XA

Ridge Tool Company
Ridgid K-39AF Drain Gun

Material Handling
Gold
Vestil Mfg
Portable Worksite Lift

Silver
Benko Products Inc.
ERG-O-Cart

Bronze
Accu-Sort Systems
Accu Vision MiniCam

Productivity Software
Gold
Adobe Systems Inc.
Adobe Acrobat 3D

Silver
GE Fanuc Automation
Proficy Plant Applications 4.3

Bronze
The Lincoln Electric Company
Production Monitoring Software

Training/Education Products
Gold
Fluke Corp.
Electrical measurement Safety Package

Silver
Ramsay Corporation
PLC Test

Bronze
New Standard Institute
Web Based Training


Author Bio: Bob is the Content Manager for Plant Engineering.