The Grand Award – first introduced with the 2017 program – is bestowed upon the product that received the most overall votes in the 2022 program. This year’s Grand Award recipient is the UniStream Cloud programmable logic controller (PLC) from Unitronics.

The UniStream Cloud PLC features a built-in 5-year subscription to UniCloud, an end-to-end, no-code Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform designed for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and machine builders. This controller makes it easy for OEMs and machine builders to enter the world of IIoT and big data without relying on cloud/information technology (IT) professionals or paying for data storage. The UniStream Cloud PLC is part of the Unitronics UniStream series of multi-function PLCs available as PLC+HMI or stand-alone PLCs. A broad range of communication protocols are supported out-of-the-box, including EtherNet/IP, CANopen, and MODBUS TCP/IP.