Dresser Masoneilan(R) has been awarded the 2009 Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership Award in the South African control valves market within the chemicals and petrochemicals industry. Dresser Masoneilan was recognized by Frost & Sullivan for best practices that have contributed to their success in that country. These best practices include strategic partnerships with engineering houses, supply of products to leading end user companies, project support software and superior support service through continual staff training. The Frost & Sullivan Award for Market Leadership is given to the company that has exhibited market share leadership through the successful implementation of market strategy. The Award recipient must display excellence in all areas of the market leadership process, including the identification of market challenges, drivers and restraints, as well as strategy development and methods of addressing these market dynamics. Furthermore, the Award recipient must have continually demonstrated solutions for monitoring market changes and for implementing superior market strategies.