12-17-2007 - Vancouver, WA

BUILDERnews magazine Selects 2007 Best Products Winners

BUILDERnews MAGAZINE SELECTS BEST PRODUCTS 2007 WINNERS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Misty Haley Bouse
BUILDERnews magazine 800- 401-0696
misty@bnmag.com

BUILDERnews MAGAZINE SELECTS BEST PRODUCTS 2007 WINNERS

(Vancouver, Wash. — November 12, 2007) – PACIFIC NORTHWEST PUBLISHING’S BUILDERnews MAGAZINE, Named one of Inc. Magazine’s fastest growing media companies in 2007, ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF THE 2007 BEST PRODUCTS AWARD.

In the December issue, BUILDERnews honors the Best Products of 2007, which is an annual award recognizing the best newly introduced (or improved) products for homebuilders.

This year’s winners included 29 products in the following categories: Structural, Plumbing, Tools, Design, Green, Safety, Kitchen and Bath, Efficient, Indulgent and Innovative. They range from a meandering river-like kitchen sink to a 61-inch theater spa for the outdoors and everything in between that builders can utilize to build a better home.

The nominations from BUILDERnews readers, advisory and editorial board rolled in and there were tough decisions to make based on innovative technology, utility and inventiveness. But ultimately almost 30 topnotch products were selected.

The list of winners follows: Structural winners include Litracon Light-Transmitting Concrete, Northwest Door Therma Classic Steel Door and Weathertex By Fortifiber Building Systems Group. Plumbing winners include Insinkerator Evolution, Hansa Clear Lux Showerheads and Neorest Programmable Airbath by TOTO. Tools winners include 10C Technologies 4-Port Crew Charge, JacPac Power System Universal Portable Pneumatic Power Source and The JobClock System Pocket Clock. Green winners include: Green Planet Paints Clay Paint, Second Glass LLC Glass Panels from Recycled Windshields and Greensulate (mushroom insulate). Design winners include: Pegasus Vetro Glass Block from Vetroarredo, Gigacrete Plastermax and Krinklglas Fiberglass Reinforced Copolymer Panel By Dimensional Plastics Corp. Kitchen and Bath winners include KOHLER Expandable Vanities with Express Hinge System, Everpure Carbonated Filter and Elkay Mystic Wave Sink. Safety winners include Kwikset Smart Series Biometric Smartscan, Concrobium Mold Control and Wobble Light. Efficient winners include JELD-WEN Phantom Screens, Timio Pro Series Refrigerated Wall Oven and Premier Power Solar Roof Tile. Indulgent winners include 61-Inch Theater Spa For Outdoors By Catalina Spas and Tailgating Trailer for Jobsites by Gameday Customs. Innovative winners include Laserton Stainless Steel Cabinetry (faux wood), FlatWire Technologies Wiring and Aqus System by Watersaver Technologies. This completes BUILDERnews magazine’s 2007 Best Products Winners.

About BUILDERnews magazine
With over 11 years of expertise in the industry, BUILDERnews has established timely and insightful coverage of the business of residential home construction; morever, in January 2008 distribution will increase to top homebuilding markets in the U.S. With the new national distribution, operations will expand to cover the new access to top homebuilders in the nation’s busiest hotbeds of homebuilding. The magazine was formerly distributed within the Western U.S. in 10 states. The trade publication is targeted coast to coast to select residential building professionals within top U.S. markets noted for the heaviest homebuilding activity.

The company’s stringent adherence to quality assurance has earned BUILDERnews the distinction of being the first and only company in the industry to engage in Intelligent Marketing (TM)—a national strategy of reaching the most elite of building professionals.

About Pacific Northwest Publishing
Pacific Northwest Publishing Inc., with over 11 years of specialty publishing experience, is located in Vancouver, Wash.

For more information call 800-401-0696 or visit the company’s website: bnmag.com.
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About BUILDERnews magazine
A publication of PNW Publishing, Inc., located in Vancouver, Wash., BUILDERnews is printed monthly and available by qualification, subscription and through indu stry tradeshows throughout the U.S.

Now in its 10th year serving the construction industry, BUILDERnews has position ed itself as a multi-channel resource, using print, online and face-to-face deli very to bring actionable news and information to the Western region's residentia l building industry. The publication's audience includes professionals from all sectors of the residential building industry: production builders, developers, c ustom builders, architects, specialty trades contractors, manufacturers, distrib utors and retailers.

Visit www.buildernewsmag. com for more information.