CEDAR RAPIDS, IA, Feb. 27, 2015 – NSCA is excited to announce the winners of the first-ever Excellence in Product Innovation awards, a new 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 was eligible to apply for this award. The awards were announced on Feb. 26 in Tampa, FL, at NSCA’s 17th annual Business & Leadership Conference.

One winner was named in each of the following categories, along with an overall Grand Prize Winner. The 2015 winners are:

•   Installer-Friendly: Chief’s ConnexSys Video Wall Mounting System
•   Interoperability: Kramer Electronics’ VIA Collage
•   Retrofit-Friendly: Crestron’s DM® 4K
•   New Revenue Potential: BrightSign’s 4K Digital Signage Media Player
•   Recurring Revenue Potential: Smartvue Corporation’s S12 Cloud Video Surveillance
•   Ease of Customization: Biamp Systems’ Tesira
•   Overall Grand Prize Winner: Chief’s ConnexSys Video Wall Mounting System

  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 the country.

  “The entries were absolutely incredible,” says NSCA Executive Director Chuck Wilson. “We had a great response to this new awards program, and are already looking forward to next year. Our focus is to recognize manufacturers that are totally committed to our channel, and every product that entered is making use of advanced technology that can truly help integrators offer something different and creative.”

Additional Excellence in Product Innovation entries included:

•   American Time’s SiteSync IQ Wireless  Clock System
•   ASSA ABLOY’s IN120 WiFi Access  Control Lock 
•   Atlas Sound’s AA50PHD 
•   Biamp Systems’ TesiraFORTÉ 
•   Biamp Systems’ Vocia
•   Blackmagic Design’s ATEM Production 

  Studio 4K Switchers

•   BSS Audio by HARMAN’s Soundweb 

  London BLU-50

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Casio’s XJ-UT31OWN Ultra Short Throw Projector
Christie Digital’s Brio v1
Christie Digital’s Velvet
Communa’s BluVanti
Contemporary Research’s 232-ATSC 4 HDTV Tuner

Crestron’s 3-Series® 4K DigitalMediaTM Presentation System 150
Crestron’s TSW-1052 10.1″ Touch Screen

 Crown by HARMAN’s DriveCore Install Network Display Series

 Middle Atlantic Products’ TechPed Technology Pedestal

•   Eaton’s ALERiTY
•   FSR Inc.’s HuddleVU Collaboration V801

 Norris Inc.’s Vigilance Software
 OWI Inc.’s AMP-IW4S In-Wall Amplifier  OWI Inc.’s MC4 Media Control Mixer
 OWI Inc.’s Mercury Pendant Speaker
 Peerless-AV’s PeerSoundTM Wireless

Audio System (ADS100-B)
 Rane Corp.’s HAL1x with Halogen 5  Rapiscan Systems’ Metor 6WP
 RDL’s D-HPA3 3.5 Watt Audio Power

and Headphone Amplifier
 Shure’s Microflex Wireless
 Status Solutions’ SARA Video Paging
 Stealth Acoustics’ StingRay
 SunBriteTV’s 4670HD Signature Series  Symetrix, Inc.’s SymNet Composer 3.0  Symetrix, Inc.’s SymNet Composer 2.0

The National Systems Contractors Association (NSCA) is the leading not-for-profit association representing the commercial low-voltage electronic systems industry. NSCA is a powerful advocate for all who work within the low-voltage industry, including systems contractors/integrators, product manufacturers, consultants, sales representatives, architects, specifying engineers, and other allied professionals. NSCA is dedicated to serving its contractor members and all channel stakeholders through advocacy, education, member services, and networking designed to improve business performance. For more information, visit www.nsca.org.