Be sure to stop by the SWM (Society of Wood Manufacturing) Take and Make Booth #1681 at the AWFS Fair. SWM volunteers/members will be available to talk about ways to connect with Southern California industry education networking efforts. In exchange for donations at different amounts, hand-made wood veneer bowties are available, and other items will […]
Angelo Gangone, Executive Vice President of AWFS, was featured on episode #110 of the Cabinet Maker Profit System podcast with Dom Rubino. The theme of the episode was “How to Grow on Purpose“, and Angelo and Dom talked about ways to grow intentionally in your career. The conversation led into the importance of engaging in […]
The YouWood.com website, launched in January 2021 by the Wood Industry Resource Collaborative (WIRC), is off to a successful start! AWFS is a founding partner and lead association in WIRC. Here are some updates on the YouWood website in it’s first quarter: There have been average 10,000 site visitors per month. Ongoing campaigns on Instagram, […]
by Angelo Gangone, Executive VP of AWFS® In 1992, I was an unemployed 27-year-old with a wife and two-year-old daughter, looking to land my first professional gig. Fresh out of graduate school with an MBA, I walked into a woodworking machinery manufacturer’s showroom for the very first time, and that experience led to where I […]
Greetings, It is finally official! The AWFS®Fair scheduled for July 20-23 is going to happen. This is exciting news! After many months of uncertainty in our industry we are very pleased to officially proclaim that the show will be happening this year in Las Vegas. This will be the first major Woodworking show in the […]
Below, please find two links to the Virginia Tech – U.S. Forest Service housing market commentaries for March 2021. These commentaries contain in-depth data and comments on the U.S. housing market. Part 1: Main – https://www.woodproducts.sbio.vt.edu/housing-report/casa-2021-03a-march-main.pdf Part 2: Economic conditions – https://www.woodproducts.sbio.vt.edu/housing-report/casa-2021-03b-march-econ-cond.pdf The housing report is a free service of Virginia Tech, Virginia Cooperative Extension, […]
by Angelo Gangone, Executive VP of AWFS® Las Vegas and the Fair will have more “pre-pandemic” feel than anticipated! With cases of Covid-19 continuing to trend downward and the number of vaccinated individuals continuing to expand, last week we also received some welcome news from local government officials in Clark County, Nevada. The local […]
“InDepth with Laurence Fishburne” segment will air on public television stations The Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers® (AWFS®), the Architectural Woodwork Institute (AWI), and the Woodwork Career Alliance (WCA) have come together to produce a video about careers in the wood industry in partnership with the “In Depth with Laurence Fishburne” program. The six-minute […]
Hi Everyone! Allow us to introduce Jackson: trusted coworker, eager apprentice, and faithful sidekick to Ethan Abramson. Even though he may only be 4 and half years old he has been a quick study in woodworking and furniture building. His human, Ethan, is a successful furniture maker but Jackson likes to think that Ethan’s success is […]
Industry professionals from AWFS® (Association of Woodworking and Furnishings Suppliers®) member companies and the Society of Wood Manufacturing (SWM) supported students from high schools across the state competing in the first ever remote SkillsUSA California Cabinetmaking and Introductory Woodworking contests. The contests were designed to be completed entirely at home, and students submitted videos and […]
