2018 Engineers’ Choice Awards: Spotlight on innovation

The 31st annual Control Engineering Engineers’ Choice Awards shines a light on 26 categories of control, instrumentation, and automation products, revealing the best of those introduced in 2017 as chosen by the Control Engineering print and digital audience.

By Amanda Pelliccione, CFE Media February 8, 2018

The 31st annual Control Engineering Engineers’ Choice Awards shines a light on 26 categories of control, instrumentation, and automation products, revealing the best of those introduced in 2017 as chosen by the Control Engineering print and digital audience. Review the winners and honorable mentions here to see if their innovative solutions can help resolve one of your most pressing problems.

Also, join us in congratulating these technological innovators. Let them know you learned about their solutions in Control Engineering, and tell them what problems you need solutions for next. Their continuous improvement ensures that manufacturers, machine builders, and automation system integrators can achieve the levels of agility, efficiency, and effectiveness necessary to compete-and win-in today’s global economy.

A total of 88 finalists from 44 companies were listed on ballots for evaluation. Automation professionals from Control Engineering’s subscriber lists voted to identify the products they felt were the most exceptional based on technological advancement, service to the industry, and market impact. The result is a short list of Engineers’ Choice Awards winners and honorable mentions in 26 categories. One grand winner, 26 winners, and 29 honorable mentions were named for 2018.

Control Engineering staff extends appreciation to all who nominated products and took the time to vote. Find more product innovations in the New Products for Engineers Database. The 2018 Engineers’ Choice Awards will be presented to the winners on April 16, 2018, in Chicago.

Amanda Pelliccione is the project manager of events and awards programs for Control Engineering, CFE Media, apelliccione@cfemedia.com.