The Zenith Awards were a huge success, and we owe it all to our sponsors -AMS Instrumentation and Calibration, Citect, Endress+Hauser Kobold Instruments, Mitsubishi Electric, Pilz Safe Automation, Schneider Electric and Siemens-, and, above all, to our our finalists.
Our guest speaker was Maria Vamvakinou MHR
Chair, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Innovation, representing Senator Kim Carr – Minister for Innovation, Industry,
Science and Research. Her full speech can be found here.
Innovation was the driving force behind our Winners and Highly Commended finalists.
You will find our full coverage in the July edition of PACE. In the meantime, this is the list of the new Zenith legends:
AUTOMOTIVE AND MANUFACTURING
WINNER
APA, Data Validation and Business Reporting – Parasyn Controls
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Tyco Unistrut – Lincoln Electric
CHEMICALS AND PETROCHEMICALS
WINNER
Control System Upgrade – Zi-Argus
HIGHLY COMMENDED
BlueScope Colorbond – BlueScope Steel
FOOD AND BEVERAGE
WINNER
Manufacturing Facility Safety Upgrade – Stage 1 – Amcor
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Beverage Cans Vision Lock Detection System – Brolton Group
METAL PRODUCTS
WINNER
Ust-Kamenogorsk New Metallurgy Project – MIPAC
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Russia Copper Company — Karabash Smelter Ausmelt
MINING
WINNER
Advanced Process Management (APM) – Worsley Alumina and I&E Systems
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Antiene Coal Unloader – Multiskilled Resources Australia
OIL, GAS AND HYDROCARBONS
WINNER
Nulon Oil Blending Plant – Itech Corporation
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Origin Energy CSG, SCADA Upgrade – Parasyn Controls
TRANSPORT, POWER AND INFRASTRUCTURE
WINNER
Bragg Institute Electrical Engineers’ Neutron Beam Instrumentation Safety Interlock System – ANSTO
HIGHLY COMMENDED
PanCam Pantograph Damage and Wear Monitoring System – Hamey Vision Systems
WATER AND WASTEWATER
WINNER
Perth Seawater Desalination Plant – Water Corporation and Degremont
HIGHLY COMMENDED
GWMWater’s SCADA System with NextG Technology – Serck Controls