Matrikon™ Recognized in Control Magazine's Readers' Choice Awards

Matrikon, Inc. has been recognized as one of the world's top five providers of alarm management software by the readers of Control magazine, the leading journal of the process automation industry. This recognition comes on the heels of Matrikon's inclusion in Control's "Top 50 Automation Companies".

EDMONTON, AB. (PRWEB) February 4, 2007 -- Matrikon, Inc. (TSX: MTK) has been recognized as one of the world's top five providers of alarm management software by the readers of Control magazine, the leading journal of the process automation industry. This recognition comes on the heels of Matrikon's inclusion in Control's "Top 50 Automation Companies".

Over 700 engineers, operators and other automation professionals from across the spectrum of process industries responded to Control's 15th annual Readers' Choice poll, placing Matrikon in the top flight of alarm management along with companies like Rockwell Automation, Honeywell and Emerson Process Management.

"This is a great indicator for Matrikon," says Dave Shook, Chief Technical Officer. "The readers of Control have acknowledged our successful worldwide presence in this very competitive space."

Matrikon's flagship alarm and event management product, ProcessGuard™, allows operators to quickly identify and respond to process issues before they turn into critical problems, and provides long-term monitoring to sustain results. With hundreds of successful ProcessGuard implementations worldwide, Matrikon continues to be recognized as a leader in alarm-management innovation.

The complete Control 2007 Readers' Choice Awards can be viewed on Control's website at www.controlglobal.com/articles/2007/001.html

About Matrikon
Matrikon is a leading provider of industrial intelligence solutions that enable manufacturing plants to achieve operational excellence by transforming production data into knowledge to predict and prevent problems and optimize operations. Matrikon's customers achieve agile operations through the combination of external market and plant data to make informed, intelligent decisions in real-time. With offices in major cities throughout North America, Australia, Europe and the Middle East and a global client base including industry leaders in a wide range of process industries, Matrikon's reach is global. For more information visit our website:http://www.matrikon.com/

Matrikon and ProcessGuard are trademarks or registered trademarks of Matrikon Inc.

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