The 20 Challengers Award finalists for 2014 have been named by the International Woodworking Fair. Winners will be announced on August 20 at the IWF 2014 trade show in Atlanta.

Woodworking Network is publishing a digital magazine June 20 profiling nominees and entries.  The purpose of the Challengers Distinguished Achievement Award is to encourage and promote the development of innovative new technology in the field of woodworking machinery, supplies, and services for the furniture, kitchen cabinets, architectural woodwork, store fixture, upholstery, or specialty and general wood product industries.

A panel of 8 distinguished judges, all industry professionals representing a broad cross-section of the industry, review and analyze each entry. The finalist judging will take place the day before IWF 2014 opens. On that Tuesday, August 19, the finalists perform live demonstrations for the panel of judges, who then make their final decisions on the most innovative product developments.

The 2014 Challengers Distinguished Achievement Award culminates with a presentation held on the show floor on August 20, opening day of IWF 2014, during which the winners are announced and presented with the now familiar distinctive bronze sculpture.

Following the 61 entries from this year's competition, 33 semi-finalists were named in May. From this list the judges have selected these 20 finalists from this year's competition.

IWF 2014 Challengers Award Finalists, listed alphabetically:

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