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PACE Zenith Awards 2010

The Zenith Awards have been running since 2004 and reward companies that show leadership in engineering and technological excellence and innovation across eight industries. The awards program gives recognition to entire projects in these industries and are the only awards program specific to process, control and automation in Australia.

The 2010 Awards Presentation evening was held on 17th June in Melbourne and celebrated many remarkable and diverse achievements. Rockwell Automation, once again has been pleased to be involved with the PACE Zenith Awards, sponsoring the Power & Energy Management and Transport, Power & Infrastructure categories. We congratulate all the finalists, winners and those who submitted nominations. These projects are testament to the high achievements being accomplished on a world leading scale and acknowledge our engineering and solution providers attaining global recognition.

The Winners and Highly Commended awards for each category were:

Overall Project Winner: Sigma, NSW

Automotive & Manufacturing
Winner: Highly Commended:	CPE Systems: Automated Testing of Smart SCADA Multipoint Radios BJH Controls: Mixing Room Optimisation Project Hilustre Coatings: Robotic Joinery Painting System
Food & Beverage
Winner: Highly Commended	Sage Automation: Fire Recovery Project, Mildura Fruit Juices Robotic Automation: Robotic Packing & Distribution centre, Cooranbong
Metal Products Manufacturing
Winner: Highly Commended:	AC Mobility: Atigra Mid-Wheel Drive Power Wheelchair Sentient Computing & Torq Software: MVX 3D Visualisation
Oil, Gas & Hydrocarbons
Winner: Highly Commended:	Parasyn: ESG Narrabri Gas Field SCADA System Vector Gas: Control Systems Upgrade
Mining, Minerals & Exploration
Winner: Highly Commended:	Sigma NSW: BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance Gregory Mine CHPP Control System CRC Mining: SmartCap Fatigue Management System Rio Tinto Iron Ore: Further Fines Processing Plant Upgrade (FFPP)
Transport, Power & Infrastructure
Winner: Highly Commended:	Sage Automation: Port River Expressway Aurecon Hatch: Abbot Point Coal Terminal – X25 Expansion Patrick Stevedores and CrispTech: AutoStand Terminal Remote Control Operator Station
Power & Energy Management
Winner: Highly Commended:	Aurecon: Power Station Control System Upgrade Yokogawa Australia and Eraring Energy: Power Station Turbine Control & Protection Systems
Water & Wastewater
Winner: Highly Commended:	UGL Infrastructure: Protecting the Barrier Reef – The Cairns Cleaner Seas Alliance Project BlueWater JV and Endress+Hauser: Sydney Desalination Plant UGL Infrastructure: North Head Sewage Treatment Plant