MFG Day Makes an Impact on Our Future Workforce On October 7th, the staff and I assisted one of our one of our Society of Wood Manufacturing (SWM) members and one of our AWFS® members host hundreds of students during this year’s Manufacturing Day event. Reborn Cabinetry Solutions, from Anaheim, and DBS Drawer Box Specialties, […]
As we move into the fourth quarter of 2022, our industry anticipates a strong finish to another strong year. Customers once again plan to take advantage of the section 179 tax incentives. It’s also a political season. With midterm elections days away, be sure to take the time to vote. Both parties are looking to […]
We would like to introduce you to our newest furry friends: Yodi and Chico from B&C Design in Orange County, California. As co-owner Cheryl McCoy shared with us: “Yodi is a 10-year-old long haired terrier mix and Chico is a 15-year-old miniature pincher. After our morning walk and breakfast, they both love to be in […]
Here are the Virginia Tech – U.S. Forest Service housing market commentaries for August 2022. These commentaries contain in-depth data and comments on the U.S. housing market. Part 1: Main – https://woodproducts.sbio.vt.edu/housing-reports/2022-housing-report/casa-2022-08a-august-main.pdf Part 2: Economic conditions – https://woodproducts.sbio.vt.edu/housing-reports/2022-housing-report/casa-2022-08b-august-econ-cond.pdf The housing report is a free service of Virginia Tech, Virginia Cooperative Extension, and the U.S. Forest […]
Last week, AWFS® staff and SWM (Society of Wood Manufacturing) volunteers spent time outside of the office connecting directly with school counselors, educators, and students at three different events. SWM goes to CASC SWM exhibited at the California Association of School Counselors (CASC) conference on October 6 in Riverside, California, introducing hundreds of school counselors […]
…and Manufacturing Month throughout October MFG Day is TOMORROW- October 7, 2022 (the first Friday in October, by presidential decree). MFG Day (short for “manufacturing”) is an important way to introduce students, educators, and the general public to your company and careers within the wood Manufacturing industry. While it may be too late to organize […]
Here are the Virginia Tech – U.S. Forest Service housing market commentaries for July 2022. These commentaries contain in-depth data and comments on the U.S. housing market. Part 1: Main – https://woodproducts.sbio.vt.edu/content/dam/woodproducts_sbio_vt_edu/housing-reports/2022-housing-report/casa-2022-07a-july-main.pdf Part 2: Economic conditions – https://woodproducts.sbio.vt.edu/content/dam/woodproducts_sbio_vt_edu/housing-reports/2022-housing-report/casa-2022-07b-july-econ-cond.pdf The housing report is a free service of Virginia Tech, Virginia Cooperative Extension, and the U.S. Forest […]
Here are the Virginia Tech – U.S. Forest Service housing market commentaries for June 2022. These commentaries contain in-depth data and comments on the U.S. housing market. Part 1: Main – https://woodproducts.sbio.vt.edu/content/dam/woodproducts_sbio_vt_edu/housing-reports/2022-housing-report/casa-2022-06a-june-main.pdf Part 2: Economic conditions – https://woodproducts.sbio.vt.edu/content/dam/woodproducts_sbio_vt_edu/housing-reports/2022-housing-report/casa-2022-06b-june-econ-cond.pdf The housing report is a free service of Virginia Tech, Virginia Cooperative Extension, and the U.S. Forest […]
Here are the Virginia Tech – U.S. Forest Service housing market commentaries for May 2022. These commentaries contain in-depth data and comments on the U.S. housing market. The report this month is on my google drive as we are experiencing problems with our server. As soon as those problems are resolved, the housing report will […]
Workforce Development Takes Commitment on Local, State and National Level Recently, a group of AWFS® and WMMA members attended a virtual D.C. fly-in and met with the offices of 10 members of Congress and Congressional committees. During our meetings, members of our respective associations asked our legislators for their support in funding for workforce training […]
