2012 IWF Challengers nominees announced

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Winners will be announced at special ceremony at IWF 2012 exhibition.

The nominees for the IWF Challengers Award have been announced:

Company name Entry

Accu-Systems, Inc. Panel Sizing & Squaring Machine

Allmoxy The Wood Marketplace

Benz Inc. Turbo Floating Aggregate Head

Bessey Tools North America Bessey Auto-Adjust Toggle clamp

Biesse America Viet sander

Biesse America N.C Drilling Center

Biesse America Biesse Automated Nestling Cell

Bishop-Wisecarver Corp. QuickTrak

Bishop-Wisecarver Corp. MadeWell Radial Wheels

Blum, Inc. Tandem plus Blumotion

Blum, Inc. Compact Blumotion

Cim-Tech Solid-CIM 3D

Colonial Saw Co., Inc. Lamello Zeta P2 Joiner

Columbia Forest Products MPX Smoth, Domestic, All-Wood Core

Custom Accents / Handisolutions Helix Cable Manager

Deulen Tools Deulen Jointer/Planer Knife Sharpener

Dieffenbacher, Inc. Dieffenbacher Colorizer

Element Designs Inc. Aluminum frame cabinet door

ETemplate Systems Etemplate Combo

FS Tool Corp. / FS Curing Aerotech Universal

Giben America, Inc. Prisma6000 ECOtech

Graco, Inc. Merkur ES

Graco, Inc. ProMix 2KE

Graco, Inc. Agitator Speed Controller

Graco, Inc. ACS Module

Hafele America Co. SmartCab Storage System

Hafele America Co. Slido With Smuso

Hafele America Co. Frontino

Hettich America ArciTech

Interprint, Inc. Premeer

Invis (North America), Inc. Invis Mx Minimag

James L. Taylor Mfg / JLT Clamps / Cameron Automation Cameron Flooring Nester

James L. Taylor Mfg / JLT Clamps / Cameron Automation The Skew

Kanefusa USA Inc. UFO(U-formed) planer head and knife

KCD Software Real-Time Rapid Response Training System

Kings Mountain Intl. My KMI

Kremlin by Exel North America EOS Pump Systems with Xcite Airmix Manual Spray gun

Leitz Tooling Systems, Inc. Diamaster PLUS3 and PRO3 Diamond Router Bits

Leitz Tooling Systems, Inc. MC 33 Coated Planer Knives

Leitz Tooling Systems, Inc. VariPlan Plus Planerhead

M.L. Campbell Clean Cure Formaldehyde Free Technology Finishes

Martin Woodworking Machines Corp. Martin T75 Sliding Table Saw

Maximum, LLC Sure Stop Lazy Susan Bearing and Detent

Micro Jig, Inc. Micro Jig GRR-Ripper

Milesi USA Hydrocrom Exterior Water Base Wood Coating System

Miltec UV Gloss Control UV Finishing

Mohawk Finishing Products Brush Tip Grainging Markers

Newman Machine Co., Inc. EQ3 Equalizing Module

Nordson Corp. PURBlue 4 PUR Adhesive Melter

Northern Apex Corp. RFID for the Wood Working Industry

Oneida Air Systems, Inc. Dust Cobra

OSI Wood Machinerie Self-centering planer

OSI Wood Machinerie SmartSwitch process

Panel Processing Eco-Finish Woodgrain Print

Prevost Corp. One-push Safety

Prime Estimating & Software Services, LLC Prime6400

QuickScrews International Corp. Spiral Point Funeel Head Screws

Rev-A-Shelf, Inc. 432-BFSC Series

S D Machinery MagPi

Sherwin-Williams Co. Sher-Wood Water-Reducible Zero VOC Spray Stain

Sherwin-Williams Co. Sher-Wood F3 - Formaldehyde Free Finishing

Stiles Machinery Inc. Venjakob automatic coating change system

Stiles Machinery Inc. IntelliStore

Stiles Machinery Inc. LED Lighting

Stiles Machinery Inc. Weeke vertical machining center

Techniks, Inc. Atemag Extra Plus Aggregate

The Moisture Meter Co., LLC - AB Brookhuis MTG-TGT Module

TigerStop LLC SawGear with Crown+MiterPro

Timesavers, Inc. CNC Profile Sander

Tisfoon Ulterior Systems Tisfoon Scanner

Uniboard High Gloss Melamine Finish

USNR ADEC-Automatic Dryer Exhaust Control

Vollmer of America Corp. Vollmer CP200 Top & Face Grinder

Voorwood Co. Table Shaper/Sander

Weinig / Holz-Her The Weinig CUBE

Weinig / Holz-Her Weinig Lineal moulding cell

West Wood Products Stainable Prints

Whiteside Machine Co. Ultimate Trim Bit

Wood Technology, Inc. Electric Height Adjustable Desk Frame

WoodEye North America, Inc. WoodEye 5

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