Nine products were named winners of this year’s AWFS Fair Visionary New Product Awards that recognize outstanding achievements in seven distinct industry categories. Woodworking Network editors Larry Adams and Dakota Smith visited the winner's booths and grabbed a video from each company to learn more about the product.

The 2025 AWFS Fair did not disappoint. From innovative tools to cutting-edge tech, here’s a look at what caught our eye on the show floor.

Max Hunter of Western Dovetail showed off an intriguing animated display of drawer box joinery options in his booth at the 2025 AWFS Fair in Las Vegas.

In this video, Ken Frye of KCD Software discusses how the company's well-known design software for cabinets and closets has expanded its capabilities to be used on the shop floor.

Jimmy Uttley, director of product management at Powermatic, a JPW Industries company, shares his enthusiasm about the company's new coating, ArmorGlide, which has been added to new bandsaws, table saws, and jointers.

A look at some of the new products on display at the 2023 AWFS Fair.

Gibbs Group NA is introducing a new cup brush sander to the North American market. Custom woodworker Matt Buell chats with Gibbs Group NA Sales & Marketing Director, Alex Staalner about that new machine, as well as the Tregarne Woodwelder and drying racks that were all on display at the 2023 AWFS Fair.

Woodworking Network contributor and custom woodworker Matt Buell stopped by the Accoya booth at AWFS Fair 2023 in Las Vegas to talk to Doug Gillikin, Technical Sales Manager, about Accoya/Accoya Color, the opening of their first production facility in the USA in Kingsport, Tennessee, and their approved manufacturer program.

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

To recognize this year's award-winning projects featuring excellence in veneering, Woodworking Network proudly presented the Veneer Tech Craftsman's Challenge Award Presentation at AWFS. The presentation was held at Woodworking Network's booth (#4447) at AWFS on Thursday, July 22nd at 4:30pm PT and was hosted by Brendan Linehan and Will Sampson of Woodworking Network.