Brand loyalty is alive and well in industrial automation just as it is in the consumer realm. Whether based on personal or corporate past experiences, geographic preferences, technologies, price or any number of criteria, Automation World’s readers have chimed in to show us where those loyalties lie today.
The Leadership in Automation First Team Honorees receive their recognition from an open-ended survey. This is important so that respondents are not swayed by a set list on a voting form—instead writing in not only the big automation suppliers that are household names in the industry, but also those that they have more recently come to trust. The major suppliers still play a dominant role in many of the categories (no surprise, given their breadth of expertise), but smaller players also garner enough write-ins to make the list.
This list of recommendations from your peers is designed to help you better assess suppliers as you make your product buying decisions in the coming year. Return the favor by letting us know who your preferred suppliers are as well. Stay tuned for voting to open soon for the 2016 online survey at www.automationworld.com/leadership. Your input is greatly appreciated.
Actuators & Valves
Emerson Process Management
Festo
SMC
Alarm Management
B&R Industrial Automation
Honeywell Process Solutions
Rockwell Automation
Schneider Electric
Siemens
Cables, Connectors & I/O modules
Belden
IFM Efector
Metz Connect
Panduit
Phoenix Contact
Turck
Wago
Weidmüller
Data Acquisition Hardware
Acromag
Advantech
GE
Honeywell Process Solutions
National Instruments
Omega Engineering
Opto 22
Red Lion Controls
Rockwell Automation
Schneider Electric
Siemens
Drives
ABB
B&R Industrial Automation
Bosch Rexroth
Danfoss
Lenze
Omron Industrial Automation
Rockwell Automation
SEW-Eurodrive
Siemens
Yaskawa
Enclosures
Hammond
ITS Enclosures
Pentair
Rittal
Saginaw
Energy Management
Honeywell Process Solutions
Schneider Electric
Siemens
Historian/Data Acquisition Software
GE
Honeywell Process Solutions
OSIsoft
Rockwell Automation
Schneider Electric
Siemens
HMI Hardware
AutomationDirect
AVG
GE
Pro-face America
Red Lion Controls
Rockwell Automation
HMI Software
GE
Honeywell Process Solutions
Rockwell Automation
Schneider Electric
Siemens
Hydraulic/Pneumatic
Asco Numatics
Bosch Rexroth
Eaton
Festo
Parker Hannifin
PHD
SMC
Industrial PCs
Advantech
B&R Industrial Automation
Beckhoff Automation
Rockwell Automation
Siemens
Machine Safety
B&R Industrial Automation
Banner Engineering
Omron Industrial Automation
Phoenix Contact
Pilz
Schmersal
Sick
Siemens
Maintenance/Reliability
Emerson Process Management
Honeywell Process Solutions
MES/MOM Software
Honeywell Process Solutions
Mitsubishi Electric Automation
Schneider Electric
Mobility
GE
Honeywell Process Solutions
Opto 22
Schneider Electric
Siemens
Motors
ABB/Baldor
Oriental Motor
SEW-Eurodrive
Siemens
WEG
Networking—Wired Components
Belden
Cisco
Eaton
Harting
Hilscher
Moxa
Omron Industrial Automation
Panduit
Phoenix Contact
Red Lion Controls
Rockwell Automation
Siemens
Softing
Networking—Wireless
Cisco
Honeywell Process Solutions
Kepware Technologies
Moxa
Pepperl+Fuchs
ProSoft Technology
Red Lion Controls
Siemens
Power Supplies
Eaton
Emerson/SolaHD
Omron Industrial Automation
Phoenix Contact
Rockwell Automation
Siemens
Process Control Software
Emerson Process Management
Honeywell Process Solutions
Rockwell Automation
Siemens
Yokogawa
Process Safety
ABB
HIMA
Honeywell Process Solutions
Mitsubishi Electric Automation
Rockwell Automation
Siemens
PLCs/PACs
AutomationDirect
Beckhoff Automation
Mitsubishi Electric Automation
Omron Industrial Automation
Panasonic
Rockwell Automation
Schneider Electric
Siemens
Robotics
ABB Robotics
Fanuc Robotics
Festo
Kuka Robotics
Mitsubishi Electric Automation
Yaskawa
SCADA
Honeywell Process Solutions
Inductive Automation
Rockwell Automation
Siemens
Sensors—Discrete
Balluff
Banner Engineering
MTS Sensors
Omron Industrial Automation
Pepperl+Fuchs
Rockwell Automation
Sick
Turck
Sensors—Process Control
Emerson Process Management
Endress+Hauser
Honeywell Process Solutions
Omron Industrial Automation
Simulation & Modeling Software
Autodesk
Eplan
Honeywell Process Solutions
Mynah Technologies
Siemens PLM
Vision Systems
Cognex
Matrox Imaging
Omron Industrial Automation
Teledyne Dalsa
