CEDIA has revealed the finalists for the trade supplier categories in the CEDIA Awards for the EMEA region, including Best Trade Supplier, Best Training Course and Best New Hardware and Software.

The Best Trade Supplier and Best Training Course categories honour the industry’s top Trade Supplier members who have been working hard to ensure that integrators have been able to access high-quality products, technical support, demo facilities, and training programmes during the past year. The shortlist is as follows:

Best Trade Supplier

• Gallo Acoustics
• Habitech
• Indigo Distribution
• Pulse Eight

Best Training Course

• AWE Europe
• Cinema Build Systems
• Snap One/Control4

All CEDIA Trade Supplier members are automatically eligible for the Best Trade Supplier category, which is voted for by members and recognises the company that has provided the most professional service, training, and technical support to integrators.

The Best Training Course category assesses and rewards the Trade Supplier who has developed and delivered the highest value training session for members.

CEDIA has also announced the finalists for the hotly contested product categories, covering the best new hardware and software products in the home technology industry from across the EMEA region. The contenders are:

Best New Hardware

• Basalte – Fibonacci
• Crestron – UC-MM30-R Tabletop Conference Device for Crestron Home
• Gude – Expert Power Control 8291-1
• Zuma – Lumisonic

Best New Software

• Crestron – Crestron Home
• Indy Audio Labs – ASPEQT

All winners will be announced during the CEDIA Awards celebrations, which take place at Illuminate at the Science Museum, London on Thursday 11 November 2021.