It was an evening of appreciation in Kansas Metropolis because the Nationwide Affiliation of Sporting Items Wholesalers (NASGW) kicked off its fiftieth Expo with the Annual Appreciation Dinner. The festivities included honoring present and previous board members, President Kenyon Gleason’s tenth anniversary, and a farewell to NASGW’s SCOPE program director Easton Kuboushek.
“We had lots of enjoyable final evening with a couple of surprises alongside the way in which,” mentioned NASGW President Kenyon Gleason. “The annual Appreciation Dinner is all the time an effective way to kick off our week, honor some nice companions in two-step distribution, and acknowledge a number of the high new merchandise within the business.”
Every year the NASGW Expo brings collectively wholesalers and producers throughout the taking pictures sports activities business to get a primary have a look at new merchandise and plan gross sales for the upcoming yr.
Included within the Expo festivities is NASGW’s Appreciation Dinner, at which NASGW acknowledges high firms in six classes for the Appreciation Awards.
As well as, NASGW companions with the Skilled Outside Media Affiliation (POMA) to pick the highest particular person merchandise in seven classes – known as the Caliber Awards. An unbiased panel of 18 business judges chosen the winners in every class in addition to a Greatest Total New Product. In an effort to qualify, producers wanted to be a NASGW member in good standing; the product should have been publicly launched between the tip of final yr’s NASGW Expo and the start of this yr’s Expo; and submission of the merchandise was required by way of the NASGW Expo New Product Showcase, discovered on the NASGW Expo web site.
The Caliber Awards supply a singular, unbiased method to recognizing and honoring new modern merchandise. The voting panel is comprised of the individuals who purchase and promote these merchandise each day in addition to the media members who evaluate and report on these merchandise within the subject.
Being chosen as a finalist is an honor in itself. Greater than 170 submissions have been narrowed down by the panel to a few finalists in every class. Judges have been requested to think about the distinctiveness, market want, worth of the product, ingenuity, and presentation.
NASGW Appreciation Award Winners
Firearm Producer of the Yr
Ruger
Optics Producer of the Yr
Holosun Applied sciences
Ammunition Producer of the Yr
Hornady
Accent Producer of the Yr
Lifeless Air Silencers
Importer of the Yr
PMC Ammunition
Innovator of the Yr
SIG SAUER
NASGW-POMA Caliber Award Winners
Greatest New Accent
Caldwell – Claymore® PullPup®
Greatest New Ammunition
Hornady – 22 ARC (Superior Rifle Cartridge)
Greatest New Handgun
Smith & Wesson – Bodyguard® 2.0
Greatest New Optic
Leupold – Mark 4HD
Greatest New Rifle
Ruger – American® Rifle Technology II
Greatest New Shotgun
Weatherby – SORIX
Greatest New Suppressor
Rugged Suppressors – SurgeX™
Greatest New Total Product
Ruger – American® Rifle Technology II
About NASGWThe Nationwide Affiliation of Sporting Items Wholesalers is comprised of wholesalers, producers, unbiased gross sales reps, media, and repair suppliers – each nationwide and worldwide – all primarily centered on taking pictures sports activities tools and equipment. As a commerce affiliation representing the enterprise pursuits of its members, NASGW’s mission is to carry taking pictures sports activities consumers and sellers collectively. For extra details about the NASGW, go to the affiliation’s web site at www.nasgw.org.
About POMAPOMA continues to uphold its custom of selling excellence in communications in any respect ranges. This consists of connecting the businesses and organizations whose focus is the out of doors business with the content material creators who can assist inform their tales and promote their merchandise.
