Entries in the IWF 2014 Challengers Award recognition program will be profiled in a digital magazine to be issued June 20 by Woodworking Network, a unit of Vance Publishing. The Official Challengers Award for Distinguished Achievement publication will be produced on behalf of the International Woodworking Fair show organizers. (Woodworking Network also published the 2012 Challengers Award publication.)
All 61 entries, as well as semi-finalists and finalists will be covered in individual articles and reports, along with features covering the history and significance of the Challengers Award, and information about the 2014 International Woodworking Fair. Woodworking Network is also publisher of the Official Show Daily, is Official Videographer for IWF 2014, and will stage Woodworking Inventors, a day-long symposium, August 19, the day prior to the show.
The IWF 2014 Challengers Award committee recognizes woodworking supplier innovations in a competition that culminates in seven award winners announced opening day at the International Woodworking Fair, August 20-23 in Atlanta.
Last week the Challengers Award committee released the list of semi-finalists, 33 products from 23 companies, which were narrowed from a field of 61 entrants from 45 companies announced in April.
The Challengers Award recognizes equipment, supply and service advancements with regards to technology, process or environmental improvement in the woodworking industry.
The Challengers Award semi-finalists listed below mark the second round in the process, which has been updated since it last took place at IWF 2012. Another elimination round will cull the field to 20 finalists, with seven winners being revealed at the biennial IWF 2014, the International Woodworking Fair. North America's largest woodworking event, IWF will be held Aug. 20-23 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. 
For more information about the Challengers Award publication, the IWF Show Daily and IWF Videos, contact Laurel Didier, group vice president/publisher, at [email protected].
Semi-finalists in the IWF 2014 Challengers Award:
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Company Name |
Entry Name |
Model # |
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Aiken Development |
Ndepth 3D Sensor |
nDepth |
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Apollo Sprayers |
Precision-5 |
Precision-5 |
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BIESSE America |
bSolid |
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Black Bros. Co. |
3D-Panel Cleaner |
PC-3D |
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Castle, Inc. |
Pocket Cutter/Screw Inserter |
CSI-1.5 |
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Colonial Saw Company |
Lamello Tenso Self Clamping Glue Aid |
Tenso P14 |
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Dixon Enterprises, Inc. |
SurfPrep Sanding System |
SPSS3X4 |
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Earth Anatomy |
Thin Stone Veneer |
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Friulmac, Inc |
Randomax End Matcher |
Randomam EVO |
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Graco Inc. |
MC2000 |
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Hasko Inc. |
Hasko Extra |
HSDCX2 |
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Kanefusa USA, Inc |
Heli Timber Planer Head |
Heli Timber Planer Head |
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Leitz Tooling Systems LP |
Leitz DFC Dust Extraction Hoods |
Leitz DFC Dust Extraction Hoods |
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Leitz Tooling Systems LP |
Leitz I-Door Interior Door Cutterhead |
Leitz I-Door Interior Door Cutterhead |
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Martin Woodworking Machines |
AKV 3005 DK-F Airtronic |
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Next Wave Automation |
NWR2R |
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Ogden Group |
Wood Defect Repair System |
DRS 300 |
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SD Machinery |
MagPi |
120 |
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Stafast Products, Inc. |
Collated T-Nut and Collated Machine |
CLHF14209HCB3 |
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Stiles Machinery |
Holzma dustEX |
3 and 4 series panel saws |
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Stiles Machinery |
airTec |
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Stiles Machinery |
Kentwood Random Flooring Scraper |
RSM-12 |
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Stiles Machinery |
Venjakob Vario Dry Oven |
Venjakob Vario Dry Oven |
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Stiles Machinery |
Homag Group powerTouch Control |
Homag Group powerTouch Control |
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Stiles Machinery |
Microtec Scanner |
Golden Eye 502 Scanner |
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Thermwood Corporation |
Cut Center |
Cut Ready |
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TigerStop LLC |
TigerRip1000 |
TigerRip1000 |
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TigerStop LLC |
TIgerSaw1000 |
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Timesavers, LLC |
Automatic Opposed Self Centering Knife Planer |
YIELD SAVER - 24 |
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Weinig/Holz-Her US |
Surface Structuring |
P1200 |
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Weinig/Holz-Her US |
7405 |
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Weinig/Holz-Her US |
EasyPress |
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Weinig/Holz-Her US |
GluJet |
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