EC&M Picks Category Winners for 2006 Product of the Year Competition

March 9, 2006
On March 1 at the Electric West show in Las Vegas, EC&M announced the 24 category winners for its 2006 Product of the Year competition.

The EC&M Product of the Year competition has honored innovation and excellence in product development in the electrical industry for the past five years. On March 1 at the Electric West show in Las Vegas, EC&M announced the 24 category winners for its 2006 Product of the Year competition. These unique and innovative products were selected from the 114 products submitted in this year’s competition.

A panel of nine judges, including consulting/project engineers, electrical supervisors and technicians, and electrical contractors, met on the afternoon of Feb. 28 in the Las Vegas Convention Center to evaluate each of the product submissions and select a winner for each category. These 24 finalists will now compete for the 2006 Platinum Award, which will be determined by an online voting process administered on the EC&M Web site. Photos and product descriptions of all 114 entries will also be featured in a special supplement that will mail with the May issues of Electrical Wholesaling and EC&M magazines.

Here’s a list of the category winners for this year's competition:

Ballasts, EcoSystem Fluorescent Dimming Ballast, Lutron Electronics Co. Inc.

Boxes & Enclosures, One-Box Non-Metallic Outlet Box, Arlington Industries Inc.

Computers & Software, The Jobclock System, Exaktime Inc.

Conduit & Cable Fittings, LiQuik Liquidtight Conduit Fitting, Cooper Crouse-Hinds

Connectors & Terminating Devices, Weatherproof Wire Connectors, Ideal Industries Inc.

Construction Equipment, PoleJack Light Pole Lifting Unit, Maxi Corp.

Fasteners, Hangers & Accessories, Kindorf Angler Pipe & Conduit Clamp, Thomas & Betts

Lamps, Fast Warm-Up Compact Fluorescent Lamp, GE Consumer & Industrial

Lighting Components & Systems, CheckMate ET1 Remote Control Test Device, The Bodine Co.

Lighting Fixtures, SaVi SHO LED Floodlight, Super Vision International

Motors, Drives & Motor Controls, IT.S811 Communicating Soft Starter, Eaton Corp.

Portable Test & Measurement Equipment, SureTest Circuit Tracers, Ideal Industries Inc.

Power Conditioning Equipment, CoolAir DC Energy Storage System, Active Power

Power Distribution Equipment, Auxiliary Power Heavy-Duty Safety Switch, Eaton Corp.

Power Sources, Power Sentry Battery Pack, Lithonia Lighting

Protective Devices, Surge-Trap TVSS, Ferraz Shawmut Inc.

Raceway & Wireway, Metal Raceway Systems, Hubbell Wiring Device-Kellems

Racks & Cabinets, XDF Plug-and-Play Enclosure System, Liebert Corp.

Security Equipment & Systems, Sitelock Wireless Alarm System, Dewalt Power Tools

Specialty Products, LV Switchgear Remote Racker, GE Consumer & Industrial

Tools (Hand), PATCUT 18V Cutting Tool, FCI-Burndy

Voice/Data/Video Equipment, Duraport Industrial Connectivity Products, Leviton Manufacturing Co.

Wiring Devices, Acenti Triplex Receptacle, Leviton Manufacturing Co.

Wiring Systems, Linkosity Wiring Systems, Hubbell Wiring Device-Kellems