ANAHEIM, Calif. — The finalists for the 2023 Visionary New Product Award by AWFS Fair have been announced.

Nineteeen products in eight categories were named finalists. Winners will be announced at the 2023 AWFS Fair at the AWFS booth in the south lobby of the West Hall at 9:15 am, Thursday, July 27.

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 

The Visionary New Product Awards recognize creativity and innovation and are evaluated on quality, production impact, practicality, innovation, and user-friendliness. This year’s awards will once again be chosen by a panel of hand-selected judges representing various areas of the industry, including professional end-users, woodworkers, and company owners.