NSCA has announced the winners of the third annual Excellence in Product Innovation awards, a recognition program for products that have a profound impact on systems integrators.
Any manufacturer that produces low-voltage products for installation by integrators in the commercial space is eligible to apply for this award.
The awards were announced on March 2 in Chandler, AZ, at NSCA’s 19th annual Business & Leadership Conference.
Winners were named in each of the following categories, along with an additional overall Grand Prize Winner.
The 2017 winners are:
Ease of Customization: Middle Atlantic DC Power Distribution
Installer-Friendly: Belden REVConnect
Interoperability (tie): Kramer CP-AOCH/XL Active Optical High-Speed Pluggable HDMI Cable – Plenum Rated and Soundtube Dante-Enabled IP Loudspeakers
New Revenue Potential: Williams Sound Hearing HotSpot Real-Time Audio Via Wi-Fi
Recurring Revenue Potential: Department 60 Visualz Digital Signage Platform
Retrofit-Friendly: AtlasIED Strategy III Series Ceiling Loudspeaker
Overall Grand Prize Winner: Shure Microflex Advance Conference Room Audio
Additional considerations were made during the judging process in regard to how the products impact user experience (i.e. scalability, versatility, deployment cost, ease of use, ROI, ADA compliance, energy efficiency, etc.) The judging panel included NSCA’s executive director, the editor of Commercial Integrator, and a panel of integrators from across North America.
“We received a record number of entries for 2017,” says NSCA executive director Chuck Wilson, “which made voting even more difficult. Every year, we see innovative technology being created to offer benefits to integrators (in terms of installation and revenue), as well as to their customers.”
Additional Excellence in Product Innovation entries included:
AmpliVox Sound Systems Line Array Soundbar PA Speaker
Audio-Technica ATUC-50 Digital Discussion System
Audix Performance Series Wireless
Audix M3WHM Tri-Element Hard-Mount Ceiling Microphone
Belden 4K Ultra-High-Definition Media Cable
Biamp Systems TesiraFORTÉ DAN
Biamp Systems TesiraLUX
Black Box Coalesce Wireless Collaboration System
Black Box DisplayPort Extender
BrightSign XT1143 Expanded I/O Digital Signage Media Player
Cambridge Sound Management Qt Active Emitter
Chief Fusion Modular Series
Christie Extreme Series
Christie Phoenix EP
Crestron Avia DSP-1283
Crestron Mercury Series
Crestron TSW 60 Series Touch Screens
Crestron DMPS3-4K-300-C DigitalMedia Presentation System
D-Tools System Integrator 2017
Da-Lite Fast-Fold NXT
Dove Net Dove Net TPS (The Project System) Mobile
Electro-Voice EVID Compact Sound
Extron Electronics SoundField XD Series
Extron Electronics StudioStation 100
FrontRow Calypso LLC FrontRow ezRoom Classroom AV Systems
Kramer Electronics VIA GO
Legrand Nuvo P4300 Player
Liberty AV Solutions DigitaLinx Adaptor Ring
Liberty AV Solutions IPLinx AV Over IP Distribution System
Listen Technologies ListenWiFi
Mechdyne Corporation TGX Advanced Visualization
Meyer Sound Galileo GALAXY
Middle Atlantic Products Proximity Series In-Wall Boxes
NEC Display Solutions NEC MultiSync EX241UN Display
OWI Inc. Mercury Pendant Speaker M8764
Peerless-AV SmartMount Supreme Full Service Video Wall Mount
Peerless-AV Portrait Kiosk Enclosures
Primex Smart-Comm Message Board Clock
Primex Smart-Sync Bluetooth Wireless Technology Clock Series
PureLink VIP200
QMotion Qadvanced Intelligent System (QIS) Shades with ZigBee HA 1.2 Control Option
Reid Cram Vantage Universal Dimming Station (UDS)
Salamander Designs Low Profile AV Cabinets
Seneca, An Arrow Company Seneca XK-FLX Embedded System
Tripp Lite B160-Series AV Over IP Extenders
Vantage Controls Vantage adorne Keypad
Video Scoreboard, A Division of Dimensional Communications Video Scoreboard
Wall-Smart Retrofit Mount for Touch Panels
Windy City Wire The RackTrak
Windy City Wire The RackStak
Yamaha Professional Audio CIS
Read more about the winners as they are profiled throughout the year in NSCA’s biweekly newsletter, quarterly newsletter, and Commercial Integrator.
