Readers' Choice Awards: The Bout is Over
Record number of readers select technology leaders.
And here is the year's list of choices in alphabetical order:
Bearings
SKF 50%
Timken 13%
Motion Industries 5%
Boilers/Steam Systems
Babcock & Wilcox 13%
Cleaver-Brooks 12%
Thermax 6%
Catalysts
BASF (Englehard) 17%
Honeywell (UOP) 14%
Johnson Matthey 8%
Centrifugal Pumps
ITT (Goulds) 26%
Flowserve 17%
Sulzer 9%
KSB 6%
Centrifuges
Alfa Laval 21%
Westfalia 10%
Bird 9%
Heinkel 6%
Compressors
Ingersoll Rand 24%
Atlas Copco 17%
Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS)
SAP 25%
Maximo 13%
Siemens 6%
Honeywell 5%
Condition Monitoring
GE (Bently Nevada) 30%
SKF 12%
Honeywell 7%
Emerson Process Management 7%
Rockwell Automation 6%
Conveying (Mechanical)
Hapman 7%
Flexicon 5%
Conveying (Pneumatic)
Dynamic Air 11%
Hapman 7%
MAC 6%
Cooling Towers
Marley 30%
Paharpur 17%
Baltimore Aircoil 11%
Distillation Equipment
Koch-Glitsch 34%
Sulzer 27%
Dryers
GEA Niro 12%
Dust-Control Systems
Donaldson Torit 27%
Elastomers
DuPont 37%
Dow 9%
Parker 5%
Engineering/Design Services
Fluor 9%
Jacobs 6%
Explosion Protection Systems
Fike 32%
Fenwall 10%
R Stahl 5%
Fans & Blowers
New York Blower 10%
Howden Buffalo 9%
Chicago Blower 8%
Dresser Roots 7%
Feeders
K-tron 28%
Acrison 9%
Schenck Accurate 7%
Brabender 6%
Filtration Systems
Pall 15%
Millipore 7%
Flow Instrumentation
Emerson Process Management 50%
Endress+Hauser 14%
Heat Exchangers
Alfa Laval 26%
ITT 5%
Heat Transfer Fluids
Dow 45%
Solutia 22%
Infrared Thermography Equipment
FLIR 25%
Fluke 24%
Omega 7%
Instrument Calibration Systems
Fluke 25%
Emerson Process Management 14%
Honeywell 5%
Level Instrumentation
Emerson Process Management 38%
Endress+Hauser 20%
Magnetrol 6%
Mixing Systems
SPX Process Equipment 34%
Chemineer 9%
Ekato 5%
Motors
Baldor Reliance 33%
Siemens 18%
ABB 10%
GE 10%
Packings and Gaskets
Garlock 18%
Flexitallic 15%
John Crane 8%
Pipe/Tubing/Fittings
Swagelok 31%
Parker Hannifin 7%
Plant Design Software
Aspen Tech 28%
Autodesk 8%
Intergraph 6%
Chemstations 5%
Bentley 5%
Positive Displacement Pumps
Viking 16%
Pressure Instrumentation
Emerson Process Management 47%
Endress+Hauser 12%
Ashcroft 6%
Yokogawa 6%
Process Analyzers
Emerson Process Management 34%
ABB 14%
Siemens 6%
AMETEK 5%
Yokogawa 5%
Process Automation Systems
Emerson Process Management 29%
Honeywell 20%
Rockwell Automation 11%
Siemens 9%
Yokogawa 9%
ABB 7%
Process Simulation Software
AspenTech 53%
Honeywell 9%
Emerson Process Management 5%
Seals (Mechanical)
John Crane 38%
Flowserve 13%
Chesterton 10%
Burgmann 8%
Security Equipment and Services
ADT 16%
Honeywell 14%
MSA 10%
Spray Nozzles
Spraying Systems 41%
Bete 26%
Tanks & Vessels
Pfaudler 11%
CBI 7%
Temperature Instrumentation
Emerson Process Management 46%
Endress+Hauser 9%
Omega 6%
Honeywell 5%
Vacuum Systems
Nash Elmo 16%
Busch 9%
Graham 7%
Sihi 7%
Valves & Actuators
Emerson Process Management 29%
Flowserve 8%
Variable Speed Drives
Rockwell Automation 22%
ABB 17%
Siemens 15%
Toshiba 5%
Vibration Monitoring Equipment
GE (Bently Nevada) 61%
SKF 10%
Emerson Process Management 6%
Water Treatment Systems
Nalco 22%
GE (Betz) 14%
Siemens (U.S. Filter) 9%
Veolia 5%
Weighing Systems
Mettler Toledo 48%


