{"id":128813,"date":"2025-01-15T11:39:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T17:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/?page_id=128813"},"modified":"2025-08-29T10:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:35:14","slug":"system-integrator-of-the-year-nominations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/system-integrator-of-the-year-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"System Integrator of the Year Nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-top-fade has-white-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:80px;padding-bottom:80px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-wide-break is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-33ba964e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-49d3f660 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:56px;flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-horizontal is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1cd61ce4 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CTLxPLE_SIYlogo_2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130954\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:206px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CTLxPLE_SIYlogo_2026.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CTLxPLE_SIYlogo_2026-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-large)\">SYSTEM INTEGRATOR<br>OF THE YEAR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-font-size-4-font-size\">Each year, a panel of <em>Control Engineering<\/em> and <em>Plant Engineering<\/em> editors and industry expert judges select the System Integrator of the Year Award winners in three categories (based on the size of the organization). Three general criteria are considered for the selection of winners: business skills, technical competence, and customer satisfaction. Winners are then inducted into our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/events-and-awards\/system-integrator-hall-of-fame\/\">System Integrator Hall of Fame<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/survey.alchemer.com\/s3\/8343192\/siy2026nominate\" target=\"_blank\">Nominate today!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For questions regarding the System Integrator Giants program please contact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Judy Pinsel<\/strong><br>Sales Consultant<br><a href=\"mailto:jpinsel@wtwhmedia.com\">jpinsel@wtwhmedia.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-left-color:var(--wp--preset--color--secondary);border-left-width:1px;padding-left:56px;flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-font-size-6-font-size\">Nomination Deadline for the 2026 System Integrator of the Year extended to September 12, 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Create\/update your company\u2019s profile in the <a href=\"https:\/\/gspplatform.cfemedia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Global System Integrator Database<\/a><\/strong><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This database is accessible to <em>Control Engineering\u2019s<\/em> and <em>Plant Engineering\u2019s<\/em> global audience throughout China, Europe, and North America.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There is no cost to create and manage a profile!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nominate your company!<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/survey.alchemer.com\/s3\/8343192\/siy2026nominate\" target=\"_blank\">Access the nomination<\/a> form beginning Monday, June 2, 2025; Nomination deadline is Friday, August 29, 2025 (5 p.m. CT). [Extended to Sept. 12, 2025]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Looking for a PDF copy of the form for reference purposes only? <a href=\"http:\/\/surveygizmolibrary.s3.amazonaws.com\/library\/149210\/WTWHMedia2026SystemIntegratoroftheYearNomination.pdf\" target=\"blank\">Download this year&#8217;s nomination form here.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There is no close to nominate!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Document your company\u2019s level of achievement<\/strong> in each of the following areas, focusing on qualities, strategies, and procedures that differentiate your company from other integrators:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Business Skills<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What are your company\u2019s written policies that detail financial, human resources, management and other business procedures?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From which automation vendors or other third parties qualified to assess your business skills does your company hold professional certifications? <em>e.g. International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Control System Integrators Association (CSIA)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What in-house initiatives are in place to formalize your company\u2019s business procedures?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Technical Competence<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How many degreed engineers, Professional Engineers, Certified Automation Professionals or other technical personnel with professional credentials does your company employ?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Please provide a brief success story outlining a difficult automation problem that you were able to solve for a client. What was anything particularly innovative about your solution?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide an example of a successfully completed a project that had previously proven too difficult for the client\u2019s in-house engineers or another system integrator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Customer Satisfaction<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Please upload at least two examples of awards or letters of commendation your company has received.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What are you company\u2019s procedures for tracking customer satisfaction and redressing their grievances?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide up to three (3) references that <em>Control Engineering<\/em> and <em>Plant Engineering<\/em> editors may contact in support of your company\u2019s nomination for the 2025 System Integrator of the Year program.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First name, last name, company name, job title, email address, phone number, relation to your company<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Upload your documents from Step 3 to the Supporting Materials collection form.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/survey.alchemer.com\/s3\/8343208\/siy2026upload\" target=\"_blank\">Access the supporting materials submission form<\/a> beginning Monday, June 2, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Looking for a PDF copy of the form for reference purposes only? <a href=\"http:\/\/surveygizmolibrary.s3.amazonaws.com\/library\/149210\/WTWHMedia2026SystemIntegratoroftheYearSupportingMaterials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download this year&#8217;s form here.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supporting materials are due September 12, 2025 (5 p.m. CT). <strong>DEADLINE EXTENSION NOT AVAILABLE.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For questions related to this form, contact Amanda Pelliccione at <a href=\"mailto:apelliccione@wtwhmedia.com\">apelliccione@wtwhmedia.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>For the purposes of this competition, a \u201csystem integrator\u201d is a contract engineering firm or an engineering division of a larger company that can design and implement computerized control systems for industrial machinery, manufacturing lines or other automated facilities that produce either a commodity or a finished product. Examples would include automation, control, robotic and test system integrators as well as automation contractors, automated machine builders, multi-disciplinary engineering firms with instrumentation and automation divisions, and product vendors that also offer application engineering services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A system integrator may or may not provide the automation products required for a particular project but must be capable of integrating both the hardware and the software with the client\u2019s existing facilities. Companies that provide individual elements of an automation project such as consulting, programming, electrical contracting, or panel construction are not considered \u201csystem integrators\u201d unless they also offer the remaining services required for a complete turnkey installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Past System Integrator of the Year winners: Class of 2025, Class of 2024, and Class of 2023 are not eligible to enter the 2026 System Integrator of the Year program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYSTEM INTEGRATOROF THE YEAR Each year, a panel of Control Engineering and Plant Engineering editors and industry expert judges select the System Integrator of the Year Award winners in three categories (based on the size of the organization). 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