For Immediate Release
Contact: Angela Hernandez
angela@awfs.org
Show Floor Phone: 702.943.3504

Winners Announced for 2023 Visionary New Product and Tool Tour Maverick Awards

Las Vegas, NV − (July 27, 2023) – The winners for the 2023 Visionary New Product Award by AWFS®Fair, were announced at the show on the morning of July 27. The Visionary New Product Awards recognize creativity and innovation and are evaluated on quality, production impact, practicality, innovation, and user-friendliness. As in previous years, this year’s awards were chosen by a panel of hand-selected judges representing various areas of the industry, including professional end-users, production managers, custom woodworkers, and company owners.

Components
3M, Booth 1063, 3M Xtract™ Cubitron™ II Net Disc 710W

Hardware
Shaper Tools, Booth 809, Plate + Hardware Catalog

Machinery Over $50,000
Altendorf Group, Booth 501, Altendorf Group HAND GUARD

Machinery Under $50,000
Northtech Machine LLC, Booths 801 and 1000, Northtech’s iGlue, Automatic Dovetail Gluer

Industry 4.0
Nederman, Booth 1759, Nederman SAVE

Power Tools
Disston Company, Booth 3853, Blu-Mol Xtreme QuickCore Patented Holesaw System

Tooling
True Position Tools, Booth 3916, Transfer Tool

General Category
SurfPrep, Booth 3047, SurfPrep Foam

First Ever Tool Tour Maverick Award
The First-Ever Maverick Award for the Tool Tour program was presented to Uneeda Enterprizes, Inc. Booth#2809.

About AWFS®Fair
The full-scale international AWFS®Fair, scheduled for Tuesday – Friday, July 25-28, 2023, in Las Vegas, has become a critical hub for international commerce in the woodworking industry. The AWFS®Fair brings together the entire home and commercial furnishings industry, including manufacturers and distributors of machinery, hardware, plastics, lumber, construction materials and other suppliers to the furniture, cabinet manufacturers and custom woodworkers.

For more information on the AWFS®Fair, please visit: AWFSFair.org.