LAS VEGAS — Among the hundreds of products on display at AWFS this year, only a handful of unique products took home the 2023 Visionary Award.

The winners of the 2023 Visionary NEW Product Award by AWFS Fair were:

• Components: 3M for the 3M Xtract Cubitron II Net Disc 710W
• Hardware: Shaper Tools for the Plate + Hardware Catalog
• Machinery Over $50,000: Altendorf Group for the Hand Guard
• Machinery Under $50,000: Northtech Machine LLC for the iGlue, automatic dovetail gluer
• Industry 4.0: Nederman for the Save
• Power Tools: Disston Co. for the Blu-Mol Xtreme QuickCore Holesw System
• Tooling: True Position Tools for the Transfer Tool
• General Category: SurfPrep for the SurfPrep Foam

The Visionary Awards showcase were located in the main lobby in front of the West Hall during AWFS 2023, July 25-28 in Las Vegas.

The AWFS Fair Visionary New Product Awards recognizes exhibitors for innovation and new-to-market products, which includes any product that has been introduced to the industry since the 2021 AWFS Fair.

The eight products were chosen from a list of 19 finalists. 

The finalists are:

Components 

• 3M, Booth 1063, 3M Xtract Cubitron II Net Disc 710W 
• Prevost Corp., Booth 3468, Prevost PPS SQ Compressed Air System 

Hardware 

• Mockett, Booth 3258, Oceanic Plastic Pull 
• Shaper Tools, Booth 809, Plate + Hardware Catalog 

Machinery over $50,000 

• Altendorf Group, Booth 501, Altendorf Group HAND GUARD 
• Nutek Machinery, Booth 1523, Alphard Custom 
• Total Finishing Solutions, Booth 854, VD Finishing Simple Dynamic System 

Machinery under $50,000 

• Northtech Machine LLC, Booths 801 and 1000, Northtech's iGlue, Automatic Dovetail Gluer 
• Next Wave CNC, Booth 539, Shark RS1000 Pro 
• Oneida Air Systems, Booth 2900, SuperCell Turbo 

Industry 4.0 

• Nederman, Booth 1759, Nederman SAVE 
• Vesta 360, Booth 1913, Vesta 360 Software 

Power tools 

• Disston Company, Booth 3853, Blu-Mol Xtreme QuickCore Patented Holesaw System 
• SawStop, Booth 2013, SawStop 10" Compact Table Saw 

Tooling 

• FISCH, Booth 3060, ProFit Click & Drill MAX Patented Holesaw System 
• Micro Jig, Booth 3262, FITFINDER 
• True Position Tools, Booth 3916, Transfer Tool 

General category 

• Combilift, Booth 1573, Combilift CB15-5E 
• SurfPrep, Booth 3047, SurfPrep Foam