Best Product Finalists Table of Contents

When it comes down to who built the better mousetrap, design engineers who use these products most know them best. This year’s Design News Golden Mousetrap Awards drew a record number of entries in four major categories. Not everyone could have been picked as a winner but here are the runners up with a look at their significance to design engineers. To read about the Best Product Finalists, click on the categories to the right.   More from our Golden Mousetrap Awards Best Product Winners Engineer of the Year Readers Choice Awards Building a Better Mousetrap

Golden Mouse Trap Award Categories: Best Product Finalists Electronics/Test: Analog Control National Instruments Components, Hardware & Interconnect Texas Instruments Freescale Semiconductor Digital Control/Embedded Computing Texas Instruments Power Management and Control AMI Semiconductor Infineon Technologies AG STMicroelectronics Sensors/Vision Cognex UPEK Inc. Test & Measurement Intronix Materials/Fastening:   Fastening, Joining & Assembly Components Asymmetric Fasteners Inc. Motion Control/Automation: Amplifiers & Drives/Feedback Devices Baldor Electric Co. Exlar Corp. Micronor Inc. Controllers Eaton Corp. Galil Motion Control B&R Industrial Automation Motors Intelligent Motion Systems Inc. Baldor Electric Co. R+W Coupling Technology Automation Hoffman Beckhoff Automation Fluid Power Beswick Engineering Co. Ace Controls Inc. Software/Hardware:   Analysis & Calculation Software Mathsoft Engineering & Education ANSYS Inc. CAD/PLM Software Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corp. Autodesk Inc. Alibre Inc. Hardware/Software Silicon Graphics Inc. Rapid Prototyping Tools Z Corp. Stratasys Inc. Design & Development Software Tools Control Technology Corp. W.L. GORE & Assoc. Zeidman Technologies Inc. Digital Rapid Prototyping Tools National Instruments