2005 Readers' Choice Awards

Your peers offer some of the best information on how to best run your plant. Plant Services has asked your peers what are the best brands and products that you can rely on to give the best combination of performance, durability, low maintenance and reasonable cost. The result is our 2005 Readers' Choice Awards.

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Ensuring reliability and maintaining industrial facilities takes many talents. Along with a real grip on the technologies and eccentricities of your plant and equipment, you must have a good understanding of manufacturing principles, finances, people and more.

One of the most important tools in your belt is your hard-won knowledge of what works. Through real-world experience, you’ve found products and brands you can rely on to give the best combination of performance, durability, low maintenance and reasonable cost.

Winners by Category

Aerial work platforms Alignment Instrumentation Balancing Instrumentation Bearings Boiler Equipment Chemical feeder equipment Chiller equipment Communication equipment, person to person Compressors Conveyor belting Couplings, mechanical Cranes and hoists Cylinders, hydraulics and pneumatic Data collection equipment Distributor Dock equipment (excluding doors) Doors Drive belts Drive chains EAM/CMMS software and systems Electric motor drives, variable speed Electric motors Electrical circuit breakers Electrical contactors Electrical fuses Energy management software and systems Engineering/consulting Engine/generator sets Equipment, rental and lease Fan/blower equipment Floor toppings, surfacings, coatings Flowmeters Gearboxes Gearmotors Hand-held multimeters/calibrators Heat transfer fluids Hydraulic power equipment Infrared imaging Infrared non-contact thermometry Lift trucks/equipment Lighting Lubricants Motor and circuit condition monitoring Nondestructive test equipment Oil and fluid analysis Paints and industrial coatings (except flooring) Personal protection equipment Power monitoring hardware/software Pumps Refrigeration equipment Roofing materials and systems Sealants Seals and isolators Seals, mechanical Security Steam traps Tools, hand Tools, power Ultrasonic condition monitoring Uninterruptible power supplies Valves and actuators Vibration analysis Welding equipment