NSCA has announced the winners of its eighth annual Excellence in Product Innovation awards, a recognition program for manufacturers and 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 Feb. 23 at NSCA’s 24th annual Business & Leadership Conference in Irving, Texas.

Winners were named in each of the following categories, including an overall Grand Prize Winner:

• Ease of Customization: Vaddio IntelliSHOT ePTZ Camera
• New Revenue Potential: ClearOne DIALOG 10 USB Wireless Microphone System
• Recurring Revenue Potential: Primex OneVue Sense Environmental Monitoring System
• Retrofit/Installer-Friendly: rp Visual Solutions Wallmate 32B Flat-Panel Mounting System
• Technology Platform: Sharp NEC Display Solutions ActiveScene
• Trail-Blazing Innovation: AVer Information TR313V2 AI Auto Tracking Camera
• Overall Grand Prize Winner: IntelliSee AI Platform

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 director of business resources, the editor of Commercial Integrator and a panel of integrators from across North America.

“The entries we received as part of the Excellence in Product Innovation awards this year were truly impressive,” said Mike Abernathy, NSCA director of business resources. “The manufacturers in this industry aren’t backing away from innovation; that was clear in every product we pored over. It’s incredibly exciting to see where technology is headed.”

Additional Excellence in Product Innovation entries this year included:

• 2N/Axis Communications, Inc. 2N IP Style
• Alvarado dormakaba Group Full Height Turnstile Touch-Free Field Retrofit Kit
• AtlasIED SHS (Strategically Hidden Speaker) Series
• AVer Information Inc. USA VB130
• Belden Inc. OptiTuff Mini Fiber Cables
• Belden Inc. REVConnect Shielded FlexPlugs
• Biamp Devio SCX
• Biamp TesiraFORTÉ X
• Blackmagic Design Blackmagic URSA Broadcast G2
• Blackmagic Design HyperDeck Studio Line of Broadcast Decks
• Bose Corporation AMM multipurpose loudspeakers
• C2G C2G Retractable Universal Mount 4K HDMI Dongle Adapter Ring
• Chief Proximity Component Storage Slide-Lock Panel (CSSLP15X10)
• ClearOne CONVERGENCE Cloud AV Manager
• Cleerline Technology Group Media Extension Solutions
• Crestron Flex
• Crestron XiO Cloud
• Da-Lite a brand of Legrand | AV Tensioned Advantage® with SightLine
• D-Tools, Inc. System Integrator (SI)
• ai GuardDog Solutions Inc.
• Inovonics Mobile Duress System
• NVZBL N-AIR UV-C Ceiling Panel Air Purifier
• IPVideo Corporation HALO Smart Sensor 2C
• Just Add Power MaxColor 4K60 Series
• Keysight Technologies IoT Security Assessment
• LG Business Solutions USA 136-inch All-in-One DVLED display
• LG Business Solutions USA CLOi ServeBot
• LG Business Solutions USA DVLED Ultimate Business Display
• LG Business Solutions USA webOS
• Liberty AV Solutions Arranger
• Liberty AV Solutions CXDetect
• Listen Technologies ListenTALK 2.0
• Lyntec Narrow Profile Panelboards
• MantelMount The MM710 Pulldown Mount
• Middle Atlantic Products Forum Collaboration Suite
• Mimo Monitors Mimo Myst Link 10.1-inch AV-over-IP Capacitive Touch Display, HDMI Capture
• Nextivity Cel-Fi WAVE PRO
• OfficePro, Inc. RovingCare – Implementation Specialist
• OneScreen EdTech as a Service (ETaaS)
• OneScreen Touchscreen TL6
• Samsung Electronics America LED Bundles
• Samsung Electronics America MagicINFO Cloud
• Samsung Electronics America The Wall 1000-inch IWR
• Sharp NEC Display Solutions of America E Series dvLEDs
• Sharp NEC Display Solutions of America NaViSense
• Shure Incorporated STEM Ecosystem
• Shure Incorprated IntelliMix Room Denoiser
• Sony Electronics VPL-FHZ85 & VPL-FHZ80
• SureCall Fusion4Home Max Cell Signal Booster
• System Surveyor
• WyreStorm Technologies ProAV Corporation APO-210-UC: Apollo Series Integrated Conference Speakerphone
• Xilica Sonia Series