The Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers® (AWFS®) educational program, the College of Woodworking Knowledge® (CWWK®), was held at the AWFS®Fair and provided value for thousands of AWFS Fair attendees through current topics and addressing business questions and concerns. Designed to meet the current needs of the show audience demographics, the 50 sessions spanned topics […]
Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV-1) came to the AWFS Fair on Friday afternoon, July 19 to learn more about the woodworking industry; see machinery and exhibitors first-hand; and broadcast congratulations to the students at the Fresh Wood and Turning to the Future awards ceremony. Rep. Titus spent 40 minutes touring the show floor, where she got […]
The Rapid Fire Presentations took place Wednesday through Friday afternoon at the AWFS®Fair Live stage. They featured 15 exhibitors and their innovative concepts and were themed each day: presentations on Software on Wednesday; Hardware on Thursday; and Industry 4.0 on Friday. Some of the sessions included “Designing in the Amazon Economy” (with Allmoxy); Making Your […]
Two unique educational opportunities that took place at the AWFS®Fair enhanced the experience for teachers, students, and general attendees by providing more resources and information related to career awareness. The Industry-Education Networking Breakfast on Thursday morning was a jam-packed event, with over fifty teachers and industry professionals coming together to share their challenges and how […]
Eight exciting presentations were made as part of the inaugural WED (short for “Wood Education”) Talk series, held on Thursday, July 18 at the AWFS Fair. The talks and speakers ranged and included topics such as social activism through woodworking; strong women in the woodworking industry; a professional woodworker’s career journey; and […]
Nearly Four Dozen Students Accept Awards at Fresh Wood and Turning to the Future Ceremony FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Adam Kessler, Education Manager adam@awfs.org (323) 215-0312 LAS VEGAS − (July 20, 2019) – Nicholas Maraldo, a student at Furniture Institute of Massachusetts won the Best of Show award in the 2019 AWFS® Fresh Wood Competition […]
Below, please find two links to the Virginia Tech – U.S. Forest Service housing market commentaries for March 2019. 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-2019-03a-march-main.pdf Part 2: Economic conditions – https://www.woodproducts.sbio.vt.edu/housing-report/casa-2019-03b-march-econ-cond.pdf The housing report is a free service of Virginia Tech, Virginia Cooperative Extension, […]
Below, please find two links to the Virginia Tech – U.S. Forest Service housing market commentaries for February 2019. 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-2019-02a-february-main.pdf Part 2: Economic conditions – https://www.woodproducts.sbio.vt.edu/housing-report/casa-2019-02b-february-econ-cond.pdf The housing report is a free service of Virginia Tech, Virginia Cooperative Extension, […]
Time is not sitting still and here we are already into April and spring time. Your Association has been just as busy with many activities regarding education, public policy and the upcoming AWFS®Fair, which is less than 100 days away. Recently, I had the pleasure to join the Public Policy committee on their trip to […]
AWFS 2019 DC Fly-In Recap: Ten members of the Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers® (AWFS®) Public Policy committee called on the offices of 21 legislators and agency staff in Washington on March 27th, to encourage support for the PARTNERS Act and Skills Investment Act. The committee also encouraged their representatives to join the House […]
