Interested in linking to "2007 Readers’ Choice Awards"?
You may use the Headline, Deck, Byline and URL of this article on your Web site. To link to this article, select and copy the HTML code below and paste it on your own Web site.
01/09/2007
Software, HMI
1. Invensys Wonderware 29%
2. Rockwell Automation 24%
3. Emerson Process Management 12%
4. GE Fanuc 6%
Honeywell 6%
Software, Loop Tuning

2006 RCA Winners
2005 RCA Winners
2004 RCA Winners
1. Emerson Process Management 31%
2. Rockwell Automation 14%
3. Expertune 10%
Invensys 10%
5. Honeywell 6%
Siemens Energy & Automation 6%
Software, Neural Network
1. Emerson Process Management 37%
2. Pavilion 13%
3. Invensys 10%
Software, Process Control
1. Emerson Process Management 29%
2. Rockwell Automation 21%
3. Invensys 12%
4. Honeywell 6%
Siemens Energy & Automation 6%
Software, PLC Programming
1. Rockwell Automation 73%
2. Schneider Electric 8%
Software, SCADA
1. (tie) Rockwell Automation 24%
Invensys Wonderware 22%
3. GE Fanuc 18%
4. Emerson Process Management 10%
5. Citect 6%
Software, Simulation
1. (tie) Emerson Process Management 19%
Rockwell Automation 17%
3. Mynah 10%
Invensys 8%
Temperature Sensor, Infrared
1. Fluke/Raytek 23%
2. Mikron 13%
3. Ircon 10%
Temperature Transmitter
1. Emerson Process Management 63%
2. Honeywell 6%
Omega Engineering 5%
Terminal Block
1. Rockwell Automation 39%
2. Phoenix Contact 25%
3. Weidmuller 12%
4. Wago 8%
Thermal Imaging/Thermography
1. FLIR Systems 36%
2. Fluke/Raytek 23%
Thermocouple
1. Omega Engineering 26%
2. Emerson Process Management 15%
3. Pyromation 9%
4. Sandelius 6%
Valve Actuator, Electric
1. Emerson Process Management 18%
2. Limitorque 11%
Rotork 11%
4. Flowserve 9%
ASCO 7%
Beck 7%
Valve Actuator, Pneumatic
1. Emerson Process Management 60%
2. Flowserve 6%
Variable Speed Drive
1. Rockwell Automation 60%
2. ABB 12%
3. Baldor Electric 5%
Vibration Sensor
1. GE Energy 45%
Weighing System, Load Cell
1. Mettler-Toledo 30%
2. Hardy Instruments 18%
3. Rice-Lake Weighing Systems 10%
4. Vishay BLH 8%
Weighing Systems, Inline
1. K-Tron 20%
2. Rice Lake Weighing Systems 15%
3. Hardy Instruments 6%
Acrison 5%
Siemens Energy & Automation 5%
Wire & Cable
1. Belden 70%

In addition to selecting the best technology providers, survey respondents to the 2007 Readers' Choice Awards ballots were asked to evaluate the customer service performance of their favored technology providers on a scale of 1 to 5, poor to outstanding.
4.5
Sandelius Instruments, Thermocouple
4.3
Emerson Process Management – Remote Terminal Unit
R. Stahl – Intrinsic Safety Barrier
Siemens Energy & Automation – Programmable Logic Controller
4.2
Pepperl + Fuchs – Intrinsic Safety Barrier
4.1
Emerson Process Management – Pressure Transmitter
Emerson Process Management – Process Gas Chromatograph
Emerson Process Management – Stack Gas Analyzer
Endress + Hauser – Coriolis Flowmeter
Endress + Hauser – Magnetic Flowmeter
4.0
Acopian – Power Supply
Altek/Transmation, Portable CalibratorBeck – Electric Valve Actuator
Emerson Process Management – Control Valve
Emerson Process Management – Density/Concentration Analyzer
Emerson Process Management – Safety/Emergency Shutdown System
Endress + Hauser – Ultrasonic Level Gauge
Fluke – Portable Calibrator
Hach – pH/ORP/Conductivity Analyzer
Hach – Process Spectrometer
Hardy Instruments – Load Cell Weighing System
Honeywell – Temperature Transmitter
Invensys Wonderware – Data Acquisition System
Invensys – Simulation Software
Ohmart/VEGA – Contacting Radar Level Gauge
Ohmart /VEGA – Ultrasonic Level Gauge
Phoenix Contact – Power Supply
Rockwell Automation – Data Acquisition System
Siemens Energy & Automation – Industrial Computer
Siemens Energy & Automation – Safety/Emergency Shutdown System
Thermo Fisher Scientific – pH/ORP/Conductivity Analyzer
Wago – Terminal Block
ControlGlobal.com is exclusively dedicated to the global process automation market. We report on developing industry trends, illustrate successful industry applications, and update the basic skills and knowledge base that provide the profession's foundation.