These products are 'winnovative'

Cologne, Germany -- The 2016 Eisenwarenmesse -- or, International Hardware Fair -- celebrated innovation in the tool industry by recognizing three winners of the Eisen Innovation Awards.

Judges were looking for innovative product development -- "winnovative and interesting solutions that offer the end consumers a special usage, high functionality and quality." They found them in the following products:

Product: High Speed Disc Alumaster

Maker: Pferd

Description: An alternative to conventional grinding discs

Jury says: "With the High Speed Disc Alumaster, the user doesn't generate any dust when milling aluminium, but instead defined shavings. This offers enormous advantages in terms of health and explosion protection and an extraction system is no longer required either. A totally innovative product."

Product: VDE torque spanner

Maker: Hazet

Description: A smarter torque wrench

Jury says: "The fact that the VDE torque spanner by Hazet can be calibrated is what especially convinced us. Accurate work with accurate tools."

Product: Duopower

Maker: fischer Deutschland

Description: A dowel fastener for solid and perforated building materials.

Jury says: "The fischer Duopower offers an innovative solution for everyday fastening problems: Since the product comprises of soft and hard components it enables things to be fastened in both cavities and to solid materials. Thus, the fischer Duopower covers a wide spectrum of applications

The awards program was a joint effort by the Construction, Home Improvement and Garden Trade Association e.V. (BHB), and the Eisen Innovation Award together with the Central Association of the Hardware Trade e.V. (ZHH).