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NSCA Excellence In Product Innovation Awards Now Accepting Entries For 2023

Honors manufacturers and products that have a significant impact on systems integrators; entries received on or before December 9 will save $50 with early-bird pricing.
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NSCA has announced that entries are being accepted for the ninth annual Excellence in Product Innovation awards that honor manufacturers and products that have a significant impact on systems integrators.

Any manufacturer that produces innovative technology for installation by commercial integrators is eligible for the awards. Industry manufacturers may nominate their own products.

Winners will be announced at NSCA’s 25th annual Business & Leadership Conference on February 28 to March 2, 2023, in Irving, TX. In addition to naming a Grand Prize Winner, one winner will be named in each of the following categories:

— Ease of Customization: products that excel at interoperability and allow integrators to add value with custom platforms

— New Revenue Potential: products that offer ways for integrators to add value through new offerings

— Recurring Revenue Potential: products that make it easier for integrators to expand their managed services offerings

— Retrofit-/Installer-Friendly: products that reduce installation time and secure profit margins

— Technology Platform: platforms for manufacturers to build from and push the industry forward
Trailblazing Innovation: products that symbolize bold research and development to help reshape the industry

Additional considerations are made during judging about how the product impacts user experience (scalability, versatility, deployment cost, ease of use, ROI, ADA compliance, energy efficiency, etc.).

“NSCA members are always looking for new solutions that will help them transform the way they do business and support changing customer demands,” says NSCA executive director Tom LeBlanc. “Every year, we see products being submitted that present new opportunities to integrators and end-users. Manufacturers play a critical role in helping integrators deliver what end-users need, and this is one way to recognize them for what they do.”

Winners receive recognition as part of:

  • Integrate (NSCA’s quarterly trade publication)
  • A Product Showcase on the NSCA website
  • An NSCA press release
  • NSCA’s biweekly e-newsletter
  • Social media posts
  • An NSCA blog
  • Commercial Integrator and CommercialIntegrator.com articles
  • The Business & Leadership Conference event (350+ integrators in attendance)
  • An interview-style video and blog published by NSCA (Grand Prize Winner)

In addition, all entries will be featured in a gallery on the Commercial Integrator website, listed in a press release, featured in an issue of Integrate featured in NSCA’s biweekly e-newsletter, and included in a Commercial Integrator e-newsletter.

Entries are being accepted through January 13, 2023. NSCA members can save $200 per entry by contacting NSCA for a coupon code. (Call 800-446-6722 or email [email protected] for the code.)

An early-bird rate is also available through Dec. 9, 2022, for all submissions. Members and non-members that submit their products by December 9 will save $50 per entry.

Go here to enter. Products submitted for consideration must be announced after February 1, 2022, and they must be available for sale and shipment on or before April 1, 2023.

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