Excellence award for Control Engineering Asia

At the Asian Publishing Management Awards held in Kuala Lumpur in August, Control Engineering Asia magazine garnered an Award of Excellence in the Magazine Franchise Category.

The Awards were given to publishers within Asia who implemented outstanding initiatives in 2006. The ceremony took place during the Gala Dinner and Awards Night of the Asia Pacific Publishing Convention to recognize best publishing practices in Asia in categories including editorial, circulation, design and layout, and use of multimedia by an advertiser.

Judges for the Magazine Franchise Category looked at a number of factors, including clarity of franchise terms, degree of support from the franchisor, extent of market research, and quality of launch plan. The other two winners in the category were Harvard Business Review (Taiwan) and ARENA Singapore.

“We are very proud to see Control Engineering Asia grow from strength to strength since its launch. It is now a widely recognised and well-respected publication in its field. We thank our readers and advertisers for their support,” said June Tan, Publisher of Control Engineering Asia.

Published by Reed Business Information Asia, Control Engineering Asia was launched in February 2006 as a licensed Yokogawa will deliver control systems and instrumentation to the Map Ta Phut Olefins plant. brand of Control Engineering (North America). The global network of Control Engineering print titles now reaches out to more than 150,000 readers worldwide, and is the only global branded automation magazine.

Bob Gill & Alvin Lim