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About the Product of the Year Platinum Award

The EC&M and CEE News Product of the Year Platinum Award was established to honor excellence in new product development in the electrical industry. The prestigious Platinum Award showcases the most innovative product of the past year and recognizes the...
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GENERAC'S POWER PLAYER

A CEE News panel of judges and readers selected Generac's DG 50 generator as the 2001 Product of the Year. Read all about the winning product, the other 19 finalists and the panel of judges.
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Encore Wins Product of the Year at Electric 2002
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Encore offers a creative solution to one of the most common challenges in electrical installations

When you are pulling hundreds of feet of cable for dozens of circuits in a big job, it’s critically important to properly identify all cabling. For years, electricians have done this with phase tape or other identification products. But there’s still potential for confusion during installations and inspections. That’s why Encore Wire Ltd., McKinney, Texas, decided to expand its line of color-coded wire and cable to NM-B, THHN and XHHW-2 building wire, where each wire size now comes in a different...
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Product of the Year Finalists
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CEE News and EC&M select finalists for the 2002 Product of the Year Platinum Award Competition

Electrical contractors and other end users on the panel that evaluated this year’s entrants in the CEE News/EC&M Product-of-the-Year competition had a pretty simple evaluation criteria: Will this product help me do my job faster, safer, smarter or more profitably?

More than two dozen contractors and facility maintenance personnel cast their votes for the most innovative products. Out of the dozens of new products entered in the competition, the panel selected 24 as finalists. The winner will be announced on June 17 at the Electric 2002 trade show in New York.

Voting is now closed for this competition, but you can click on the links below to read a short description and view a photo of each product finalist.

1) Advance Transformer Co.
e-Vision ballast

2) Arlington Industries
Gard-N-Post

3) Arlington Industries
Snap To It

4) CabloFil
UFCN

5) Encore Wire
Colored Feeder

6) Fluke
Fluke 337

7) Gardner Bender
Wire Tracker

8) Grasslin Controls
Multi-Volt Time Control

9) Ideal Industries
LAN Tek 7

10) Ideal Industries
Kinetic Super Wire Stripper

11) Klein Tools
Journeyman Pliers

12) Klein Tools
Klein-Kurve


13) Meterman
Meterman DM 73B

14) MGE UPS
Galaxy 3000

15) Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp.
Sawzall cordless reciprocating saw

16) Pass and Seymour/Legrand
Home Network Bracket

17) Ray Practical Technologies
Pull It 3000

18) Siemens Energy and Automation Inc.
Siemens Ultimate Load Center

19) Sola Hevi-Duty
SDP Din Rail Low Voltage

20) Southwire
Romex Extra Color

21) Square D
PowerLink

22) Square D
PowerLogic

23) Thomas and Betts
Union dual-voltage box

24) Unicom
Indomation


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