Last night the 12th annual PACE Zenith Awards were held at a glittering gala function at the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney.
The awards, which are the only one’s supporting the process control and automation industries in Australia and New Zealand, saw over 250 guests come together to celebrate innovation and excellence in Australasia’s vibrant and growing process and control engineering industries.
Hosted by Australia’s foremost process control publication PACE magazine and with the MCs on the night, The Chaser Boys, there were many deserving individuals and companies that won in their respective categories.
One of the core objectives of the PACE Zenith Awards is to provide a platform for innovative teams across Australia to share their work with their peers. Good ideas are contagious – our industry and the country can benefit if these are widely disseminated.
Overall, the companies that won on the night represented the best in Australian manufacturing, as well as exhibiting a strong aptitude for adapting to the current economic climate in Australian industry.
The winners on the night were Sigma, Sage Automation, HI Fraser, B.-d. Farm Paris Creek, ANCA, and Mescada.
The Young Achiever award was won by Aaron Deal from Honeywell, while the Lifetime Achievement award went to Ross Colvin from Hatch.
The Product of the Year went to HI Fraser’s Submarine Escape Rescue System (SERS) Hyperbaric Suite that provides submariners in all seven integrated diving locks of the hyperbaric chamber with heating and cooling control as well as breathable air.
The 12th Annual PACE Zenith Awards concluded with many of the guests commenting on how much they enjoyed both the venue and the format of the night, which has provided a good platform of ideas for when next year’s awards will be planned.