FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Winners Announced In Third Annual Most Innovative Products Contest
Addison, IL, March 21, 2005, — Thirty-two concrete and masonry products won the Most Innovative Products award at this year's World of Concrete. Over 500 companies submitted products and of those products, 69 were selected for evaluation a placed on the ballot.
This third annual event, sponsored by CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION, MASONRY CONSTRUCTION, THE CONCRETE PRODUCER, and CONCRETE & MASONRY CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS, combined World of Concrete attendee voting expert evaluations to give both an Attendee and an Experts’ Choice award to products exhibited at the World of Concrete. Attendees voted—over 5000 ballots were cast—for their favorite among 69 products at the industry's largest trade show in Las Vegas this past January.
The Most Innovative Products contest included 17 categories across both the concrete and masonry industries. Manufacture submitted their entries prior to the show and those products—along with a ballot—were listed in the World of Concrete's program guide and posted on www.worldofconcrete.com. Show attendees then reviewed the products on the show floor and voted for their favorites.
There were two awards for each product category:
• Attendees’ Choice award, chosen by attendee votes
• Expert's Choice award, chosen by a panel of Industry expertsThe panel of industry experts consisted of Leslie Stever, Concrete Styles; George Seegebrecht, CTL; Terry Lavy, Lavy Concrete; Marta Powroznik, Masonry Company, Inc.; Ross Edwards, Jr., Webcor Concrete; Joe Anton, Kapton Caulking; Mike Schmerbeck, Speranza Brick Work; John Nabholz, Nabholz Construction Co.; Doug Bannister, The Stamp Store.
In the category of Decorative Tools & Materials the World of Concrete winners and their product are:
• Experts’ Choice Winner: Lifeguard Waterproofing Products - Lifeguard Wet Look Gloss
• Attendees’ Choice Winner: Acid Stain Enhancer & Neutralizer- Clemons Concrete Coatings
the oohs and ahs have it Expert's Choice:
LIFEGUARD'S WET LOOK GLOSSUsing new cross-linking chemistry previously unavailable to industry, Lifeguard Wet Look Gloss is a high-solids sealer designed to enhance and protect decorative concrete. It is effective for use on acid-stained and integrally colored concrete. Once applied, it imparts a highly reflective sheen to the surface that is resistant to staining from motor oil, vegetable oils, and gasoline. It's applied in two coats, a thin coat and a heavy second coat.