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The best of 2006’s product innovation are presented in the 19th annual PLANT ENGINEERING Product of the Year balloting. Picking this year’s winners was in the readers’ hands. Literally.
This year’s balloting was conducted electronically. Each of PLANT ENGINEERING’s qualified subscribers – those who have told they buy/specify responsibilities in their plants – received an email with a link to this year’s ballot. There was also be a copy of the pages on which the products appear for readers to review while placing their votes.
Voting took just a few clicks, but the voting was important. For 19 years, Product of the Year has been a prestigious honor bestowed only on those manufacturers who have created the best new ideas that make plant management better, faster and smarter.
The products were initially reviewed by the panel of plant management experts, and they narrowed the field to 125 finalists in 17 categories.
The votes were tabulated to pick gold, silver and bronze winners in each category. The one product with the highest single vote total received the Grand Award.
Teseo's AP50 system won the silver award the the the compressed air category.
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This award was presented during the Techni-Show 2006 trade show at Jaarbeurs Utrecht. Techni-Show was held from March 16 to 20.
The prize was aimed at awarding companies for the innovative products.
The Automechanika is the world's leading trade fair for the automobile sector and brings together over 4,500 exhibitors, almost 80 percent of them from abroad. Messe Frankfurt expects over 160,00 trade visitors to attend, around 40 percent form outside Germany.
During the trade fair the Innovation competion was held. The criteria for being chosen as finalists for the Award were originality, functionality, quality and environmental compatibility. The 13 Products from 8 categories, chosen as finalist were displayed at a special Innovation award stand. Teseo's AP50 system was on display and recieved much attention.