Readers' Choice Awards 2006
By Paul Studebaker, Editor in Chief
PlantServices.com
Keywords: Readers' Choice Awards
The votes are in and our readers have named the suppliers who deliver the best value. Read here to see who made the list.
What does it mean when you cast a ballot? Some simply consider it their duty to weigh in, others do it
And your winners are...
BUILDINGS & GROUNDS
Floor toppings, surfacings, coatings
Stonhard
Tufco
Paints and industrial coatings (except flooring)
ICI/Devoe/Glidden/Dulux
Rustoleum
Sherwin Williams
Roofing materials and systems
Tremco
Sealants
3M
Dow Corning
Loctite
Security
ADT |
COMPRESSORS
Compressors
Atlas-Copco
Cooper
Gardner Denver
Ingersoll-Rand
Kaeser
Quincy
Sullair |
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
Electric motor drives, variable speed
ABB
AC Tech
Baldor
General Electric
Rockwell/Reliance/Allen-Bradley
Siemens
Square D
Toshiba
Yaskawa
Electric motors
Baldor
General Electric
Reliance/Allen-Bradley
Siemens
Toshiba
U.S. Motors
Electrical circuit breakers
Allen-Bradley
Eaton/Cutler-Hammer
General Electric
Siemens
Square D
Electrical contactors
Cutler-Hammer
General Electric
Rockwell/Allen-Bradley
Siemens
Square D
Electrical fuses
Cooper Bussmann
Ferraz Shawmut
Littelfuse
Engine/generator sets
Caterpillar
Cummins/Onan
Honda
Lighting
Cooper
General Electric
Holophane
Lithonia
Philips
Sylvania
Power monitoring hardware/software
Rockwell/Allen-Bradley
Square D
Uninterruptible power supplies
American Power Conversion
Best
Liebert |
FLUID HANDLING
Chemical feeder equipment
Acrison
K-tron
Pulsa-feeder
Fan/blower equipment
Chicago Blower
Dayton
Gardner Denver
New York Blower
Flowmeters
Emerson Process Management (Micro Motion)
Emerson Process Management (Rosemount)
Pumps
Flowserve
Goulds
Waukesha
Seals, mechanical
Chesterton
Flowserve
John Crane
SKF (formerly Chicago Rawhide)
Valves and actuators
Apollo
Emerson Process Management /Fisher 19%
Flowserve-Valtek
Honeywell
Neles-Jamesbury
Parker |
HEATING & COOLING
Boiler equipment
Babcock & Wilcox
Cleaver-Brooks
Chiller equipment
Carrier
Trane
York
Heat transfer fluids
Chevron Texaco
Dow
ExxonMobil
Paratherm
Refrigeration equipment
Carrier
Trane
York/Frick
Steam traps
Armstrong
Spirax Sarco |
MATERIAL HANDLING
Conveyor belting
Gates
Goodyear
Intralox
Cranes and hoists
Columbus McKinnon
Demag
Milwaukee/Budgit
P&H
Yale
Dock equipment (excluding doors)
Kelley
Rite-Hite
Doors
Overhead Door
Lift trucks/equipment
Caterpillar
Clark
Crown
Hyster
Nissan
Raymond
Toyota
Yale |
POWER TRANSMISSION
Bearings
Dodge
FAG
Motion Industries
SKF
Timken
Couplings, mechanical
Applied Industrial Technologies
Dodge
Falk
Lovejoy
Rexnord/Omega/Thomas
Cylinders, hydraulic and pneumatic
Bimba
Parker
Drive belts
Gates
Goodyear
Drive chains
Diamond
U.S. Tsubaki
Gearboxes
Applied Industrial Technologies
Boston Gear
Dodge/Reliance
Falk
Gearmotors
Dodge/Reliance
SEW Eurodrive
Hydraulic power equipment
Bosch Rexroth
Parker Hannifin
Vickers
Seals and isolators
SKF (formerly Chicago Rawhide)
Inpro |
PREDICTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Alignment instrumentation
Ludeca
OptAlign
Starrett
Vibralign
Balancing instrumentation
Emerson/CSI
IRD
Schenck-Trebel
Infrared imaging
flir
Fluke/Raytek/Infrared Solutions
Mikron
Infrared non-contact thermometry
flir
Fluke/Raytek/Infrared Solutions
Omega
Motor and circuit condition monitoring
Baker Instrument
PdMA
Rockwell/Allen-Bradley
Nondestructive test equipment
Krautkramer/GE
Panametrics
Oil and fluid analysis
Chevron Texaco
ExxonMobil
Predict DLI
Ultrasonic condition monitoring
UE Systems
Vibration analysis
Emerson Process Management (CSI)
GE/Bently Nevada
Ludeca
Rockwell/IRD/Entek |
SERVICES
Distributor
All-Phase
Applied Industrial Technology
Grainger
Motion Industries
MSC
Equipment, rental and lease
Nations
Rental Services (RSC)
Sunbelt Rental
United Rental |
SOFTWARE
EAM/CMMS software and systems
Datastream
MRO Software |
TOOLS & SUPPLIES
Aerial work platforms
Genie
JLG
Communication equipment, person-to-person
Motorola
Hand-held multimeters/calibrators
Fluke
Grainger
Lubricants
ChevronTexaco
Exxon Mobil
Royal Purple
Shell
Personal protection equipment
Grainger
MSA
W.H. Salisbury
Tools, hand
Grainger
Klein
Proto
Sears/Craftsman
Snap-On
Stanley
Tools, power
DeWalt
Grianger
Makita
Milwaukee
Rigid
Sears/Craftsman
Welding equipment
Lincoln
Miller |
so they can say they did, and a few just want to be heard regardless of whether or not they have anything to say. But the best voters are both well-informed and eager to use that knowledge to guide others, support good works and thereby influence the course of history.
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