Control magazine has announced that Rotork Controls is the winner of the prestigious 2009 Readers’ Choice Award for electric valve actuators. The award represents the expressed brand preferences of more than 1000 process automation professionals taken from the magazine’s readership as well as subscribers to the Control Global.com website. The majority of respondents are based in the USA, whilst Europe and Asia are also represented. A Rotork company spokesman explained: “Rotork would like to thank those surveyed for recognising our ongoing work with the innovative IQ intelligent electric actuator, and for their enthusiastic response to our recently launched CVA electric control valve actuator. Over the years, Rotork’s continuous dedication to quality in the areas of design, manufacture, engineering, sales and service has helped to enhance the company’s image amongst engineers throughout the world.” Control magazine is exclusively dedicated to the global process automation market with a readership encompassing engineering, operations and management professionals. The magazine’s Readers’ Choice Awards programme has been running for seventeen years and seeks user preferences in a total of more than a hundred process automation technology categories.