IWF names award finalists

Finalists were announced for the 2012 Challengers Awards, which will be presented Aug. 22-25 during the IWF 2012 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. • Accu-Systems Inc. for…

Finalists were announced for the 2012 Challengers Awards, which will be presented Aug. 22-25 during the IWF 2012 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

• Accu-Systems Inc. for the panel sizing and squaring machine

• Bessey Tools North America for the auto-adjust toggle clamp

• Biesse America for the automated nestling cell

• Blum Inc. for Tandem plus Blumotion

• Cim-Tech for Solid-CIM 3-D

• Giben America Inc. for Prisma6000 ECOtech

• Hafele America Co. for Frontino

• James L. Taylor Mfg., JLT Clamps and Cameron Automation for the Cameron flooring nester

• Kanefusa USA Inc. for the U-formed planer head and knife

• Martin Woodworking Machines Corp. for the T75 sliding table saw

• Miltec UV for gloss control UV finishing

• Newman Machine Co. for the EQ3 equalizing module

• SD Machinery for MagPi

• Stiles Machinery for the Venjakob automatic coating change system and Weeke vertical machining center

• Techniks Inc. for the Atemag Extra Plus Aggregate

• TigerStop LLC for SawGear with Crown+MiterPro

• Timesavers Inc. for the CNC profile sander

• Tisfoon Ulterior Systems for the Tisfoon scanner

• Voorwood Co. for the A11 table shaper/sander

• Weinig/Holz-Her for the Weinig Cube

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This article originally appeared in the July 2012 issue.