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All-star technology providers lineup covers all the bases Technology provider all-stars in 45 categories were selected by the readers of Chemical Processing in the 2008 Readers’ Choice Awards survey. In its fifth year, the survey results show which providers are big hits with our readers. Like baseball fans, our readers told us who their favorite technology players are by voting for them online. Based on their comments, the readers are big fans of the survey. “Your categories are very thorough,” says one reader. The survey is “good and useful,” comments another. We hope this year’s list of all-stars helps your team in the working world feel like a winner in selecting technology providers. Vendors pay close attention in scouting the survey results like box scores to know if their batting averages with the end users are among the league leaders. Those that make the cut to be included on the list do feel like all-stars because it means they gained a solid following of fans who consider them to be technology leaders. The others with lower batting averages might be motivated to keep a keener eye on the ball to enhance their products so that they can gain mention next season. heavy hiTTers for placing first in nine categories and placing in seven others. Other league leaders who garnered multiple mentions include ABB, Alfa Laval, Aspen Technology, Dow, Endress+Hauser, Fluke, Honeywell and Siemens. If you weren’t a player in this year’s survey, we hope you’ll consider getting on the field next season. More detailed survey results are provided on the subsequent pages. If you desire more information about any of the vendors or products listed, we encourage you to visit www.ChemicalProcessing.com and search for bearings, pumps or any other category you are interested in. Results from previous Readers’ Choice Awards also are available online: • 2007 — www.ChemicalProcessing.com/arti cles/2007/108.html • 2006 — www.ChemicalProcessing.com/arti cles/2006/111.html • 2005 — www.ChemicalProcessing.com/arti cles/2005/523.html • 2004 — www.ChemicalProcessing.com/arti cles/2005/363.html geT your score cards ready As in past surveys, Emerson Process Management has maintained it’s dominance, and is the MVP of the league July 2008 chemicalprocessing.com 18 Here’s how the technology provider all-stars were determined. Readers received e-mail notices and electronic newsletters or used a link posted on our Web site (www. http://chemicalprocessing.com http://chemicalprocessing.com http://www.ChemicalProcessing.com/articles/2007/108.html http://www.ChemicalProcessing.com/articles/2007/108.html http://www.ChemicalProcessing.com/articles/2007/111.html http://www.ChemicalProcessing.com/articles/2006/111.html http://www.ChemicalProcessing.com/articles/2005/523.html http://www.ChemicalProcessing.com/articles/2005/523.html http://www.ChemicalProcessing.com/articles/2005/363.html http://www.ChemicalProcessing.com/articles/2005/363.html http://chemicalprocessing.com http://chemicalprocessing.com

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Chemical Processing - July 2008

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