Gases & Instrumentation International Announces the Winners of the 2010 Golden Gas Awards

Wellesley Hills, MA—February 17, 2010—Gases & Instrumentation International, a MetaWord, Inc. premiere publication covering the technology of industrial, specialty and medical gases, announces the winners of the 2010 Golden Gas Awards.

This year’s competition attracted more than 43 entries in 8 categories. Each product was rated on 5 criteria based on the product’s ability to solve an important challenge to the gas industry; technological innovativeness; environmental “green” attributes; superior specifications in terms of power requirements, speed, footprint, maintenance; cost effectiveness, and other quality considerations. Each criterion was awarded points from 0-10. If any product came within 3% of the winner, it was given the Silver Award.

Paul Nesdore , G&I’s Publisher/Editor stated that, “This is the finest array of products we have ever seen. Our judges, representing decades of experience in all aspects of gases technologies, had a difficult time, as the products entered represented the cutting-edge of gases technology and implementation.”

For the first time this year, G&I is also recognizing the “BEST OF SHOW.” This is the product among all categories with the highest total score. We are pleased to announce that Tiger Optics and its Prismatic Multi-Species Gas Analyzer, has won BEST OF SHOW.

Trophies will be awarded at the vendors’ booths or at the Gases & Instrumentation Booth (#2323) at PITTCON 2010 in Orlando . The May/June issue of G&I will feature all of the winners accepting their awards and a description of their products.
A hearty congratulations to the winners. And look for the announcement for the 2011 awards giving entry information soon to be posted at www.gasesmag.com.

THE WINNERS

Tiger Optics
Gold Award and BEST OF SHOW
Product: Prismatic™ Multi-Species Gas Analyzer
Category: Gas Analysis

Sensor Research and Development Corp.
Gold Award
Product: GDMS AP6Ce Gas Delivery and Mixing System
Category: Gas Delivery Systems

Cypress
Gold Award
Product: Wireless Gauge Reader
Category: Cylinders/Packaging/Valves

Mil-Ram Technologies
Gold Award
Product: Digital Modbus RTU Wall Mount Gas Detection Controller
Category: Gas Monitoring & Detection

Burkert
Gold Award
Product: Type 9710 Mass Flow Controller for Gases
Category: Mass Flow Measurement & Control

M+W Instruments GmbH/A Company of the Bronkhorst Group
Silver Award
Product: Mass-Stream® D-6300
Category: Mass Flow Measurement & Control

Air Products
Gold Award
Product: Gasguard Direct Blender
Category: On-Site Gas Generation/ Recycle/Recovery

Kin-Tek
Gold Award
Product: AutoBlend™ Test Gas Blender
Category: Other Instrumentation-Gas Blending

Swagelok
Gold Award
Product: Welding System M200 Power Supply
Category: Welding