The Ritz-Carlton ballroom will be the backdrop for the 2003 Plant Engineering Product of the Year awards ceremony tonight where 46 winners will be recognized.

Products receive Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards in each of 15 categories, and the entry with the highest number of votes overall will take home the coveted Grand Award. This year, Henkel Loctite will receive top honors for it's Threadlocker Stick.

Readers determined Plant Engineering's 16th annual Product of the Year winners after a panel of judges narrowed the initial entries to 150 finalists. The November issue highlighted each finalist with a written description and photo and included a ballot for readers to select the most innovative and useful product in each category.

To be a candidate for the 2003 competition, a product must have been introduced between October 1, 2002 and September 30, 2003; be new to the world market, and be useful in the plant engineering function.

To find out how to enter a product in the 2004 competition, call Pat Mustari at 630-288-8775, email her at [email protected] or visit plantengineering.com.

For information on the competition and the 2003 winners, visit Plant Engineering at Booth #1018.

GRAND AWARD WINNER
Henkel Loctite
248 Medium Strength Threadlocker Stick

GOLD AWARD WINNERS
Compressed Air
ifm efector, inc.
Metris Compressed Air Sensor

Construction, Buildings, & Grounds
Rite-Hite Doors, Inc.
I-Zone Area Detection System

Control Equipment
JAI Pulnix
Zi-640 Machine Vision System

Electric Motors, Drives, & Controls
Baldor Electric Co.
HyCore Linear Motor

Electrical Power
Pass and Seymour/Legrand
Turnlok & EHU Ground Continuity Monitoring Plug and Connector

Environment, Safety, & Health
The Sherwin-Williams Company
FastGlo Acrylic Safety Marking Paint

Fluid Handling
Goulds Pumps
EZ Mag Pump

General & Maintenance Software
Rockwell Automation
TCO Toolbox

Heating, Ventilating, & Air Conditioning
Big Ass Fans
Vertical Fan

Instruments
FLIR Systems
ThermaCam E4 Infrared Camera

Lighting
Clark-Reliance Corp.
Phaeton Tank Lights

Maintenance Products
Timken
G-Power & M-Power Single Point Lubricators

Maintenance Tools & Equipment
Ridge Tool Co.
320-E Crimp Tool

Material Handling
Intralox
Angled Roller Belt

Power Transmission
Carlisle
Tension-Finder

SILVER AWARD WINNERS
Compressed Air
Exair Corp.
Super Air Nozzle

Construction, Buildings, & Grounds
Hyde Tools, Inc.
Wet & Set Repair Patch

Control Equipment
Applied Innovative Solutions, LLC
MSI Zero-speed Switch

Electric Motors, Drives, & Controls
Rockwell Automation
ArmorStart Motor Controller

Electrical Power
Pentadyne Power Corp.
Voltage Support Solution

Environment, Safety, & Health
Allsafe Services and Materials
Revolution Goggle

Fluid Handling
Colder Products Company
Smart Coupling Technology

General & Maintenance Software
Syclo LLC
SMART Auditor Mobile Software

Heating, Ventilating, & Air Conditioning
Denso Sales California, Inc.
Office Pro 10 Air Conditioner

Instruments
Dresser Instruments
Ashcroft Type 2074, 2174 and 2274 Digital Gauge

Lighting
Venture Lighting International
MP 440W/BU/ELAMP/PS

Maintenance Products
Rust-Oleum Corporation
Sierra Performance Coatings

Maintenance Tools & Equipment
UltraTech International Inc.
Ultra-Grate Lifter

Material Handling
Remstar
QuickPick System

Power Transmission
Rockwell Automation
Dodge TIGear-2 Speed Reducer

BRONZE AWARD WINNERS
Compressed Air
Atlas Copco
ZT37-50 VSD FF (IMD) Dryer

Construction, Buildings, & Grounds
Discovery Manufacturing
Roll-Up Door Guard

Control Equipment
Banner Engineering
Presence Plus Pro Visual Inspection Sensor

Electric Motors, Drives, & Controls
Schneider Electric/Telemecanique
Altivar CL 8839 58M AC Drive

Electrical Power
Schneider Electric/Square D
Web-Enabled PowerZone 4 Low Voltage Switchgear

Environment, Safety, & Health
Hornell
Speedglas Flex View with Adflo Helmet

Fluid Handling
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
Universal Pipe Gasket

General & Maintenance Software
DPSI
iMaint Mobile Net

Heating, Ventilating, & Air Conditioning
Extech Instruments
Hygro Thermometer

Instruments
Infrared Solutions
IR FlexCam

Lighting
Holophane
Prismatron Electronic Ballast

Maintenance Products
Ramsay Corp.
Mechanical Technician C,. B, & A

Maintenance Tools & Equipment
Hytorc
Avanti Torque Wrench

Material Handling
Gorbel Inc.
Easy Arm Intelligent Lifting Arm

Power Transmission
Kadant AES
UNIGY High Efficiency Pump System