New Delhi, India, April 21, 2016 -- Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) honoured its top regional distributors at the annual Asia-Pacific (APAC) Channel Partner of the Year awards ceremony that was held during the 2016 Channel Partner Conference in Phuket, Thailand.

The APAC conference hosted Honeywell channel partners from 16 countries across the region, including Australia, China, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Japan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Vietnam. It featured a broad range of topics, including Honeywell business updates, Honeywell’s innovative global channel strategy, partner case studies, tools for customer development, and Honeywell solutions presentations.

Honeywell acknowledged 12 channel partners for excellence, innovation and service among more than 110 companies supplying and integrating Honeywell solutions in Asia-Pacific. Honorees surpassed their business goals by delivering superior value to customers.

“We empower our channel partners to capitalize on the business opportunities by offering them the innovative solutions that suit the customer needs. We also facilitate strong channel partner programs that will drive revenue opportunities for both Honeywell and our partners,” said Andrew D’Amelio, vice president global channels, HPS. “There is tremendous potential in the APAC market and our partners with their proven domain expertise, as well as in-depth knowledge of the local markets have the ability to deliver exceptional service and support to customers located in the region.”

Receiving the top honour, the APAC 2015 Channel Partner of the Year Award, Shashank Phalake, chairman and managing director, SPA Instruments (I) Private Limited, India said, “We are happy that our efforts have been recognized by Honeywell. Our aim is to scale newer heights, face bigger challenges and greater responsibilities in 2016 while further strengthening our relationship with Honeywell.”

There were four regional award winners, including Ditap-V Automation Pvt Ltd, for India, Victor Control Systems for China, Duam Engineering for the South Korea/Japan region, and Pacific Central Teknik for the South East Asia and Pacific region.

The five product line winners were: Conny Tech Pte Ltd for Control Products, Jinan Huahui S&T Company, Ltd for Instrumentation, The Auto-Info Company, Ltd. for Terminal Operations, JB Enertek Company for Gas Solutions, and PT Zi-Tech Asia for MatrikonOPC.

In addition, two partners were honored as New Channel Partners of the Year: Swift Energy SDN BHD and Beijing Hiwell Tech. Company, Ltd.