For Immediate Release Anaheim, Calif. – August 4, 2014 — AWFS®Fair will be placing a special emphasis on plastics and plastics fabrication during its next Fair that will take place July 22 – 25, 2015. Although these products have been featured in past editions of the show, companies displaying plastic-related products will now be highlighted […]
Originally posted on Cabinetmaker+FDM on July 24, 2014 New documents offer information to encourage partnerships between students, teachers and industry, plus a new campaign underway to show “the new face of manufacturing.” At a Joint Education Committee meeting held in April at WIC 2014, representatives from WMIA and AWFS met with woodworking educators in a […]
Originally posted on Cabinetmaker+FDM Five initiatives passed as part of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The House of Representatives approved legislation that includes five innovative skills-training provisions from the Senate’s “Manufacturing Jobs for America” campaign. U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), who leads Manufacturing Jobs for America, applauded passage of the bipartisan, bicameral Workforce Innovation and […]
PARTNERS FOR A SAFER WORKPLACE THE NEW WMIA/ANSI COLLABORATION WILL HELP AFFECT GLOBAL WOOD MACHINERY STANDARDS. Please click here to read article about WMIA’s creation of the ANSI US/TAG.
By Bill Esler | Posted: 06/18/2014 11:29AM on www.woodworkingnetwork.com WASHINGTON, DC – Furniture makers and other wood products entrepreneurs are exhibiting today at the first-ever White House Maker Faire today, part of an effort by President Obama to highlight technology development and entrepreneurship in the U.S. The initiative brought President Obama to visit TechShop in Pittsburgh […]
SkillsUSA California Woodworking Contests Well-Supported by Industry Companies donate over $7,000 to woodworking students and programs Woodcraft, DeWALT, Royal Plywood, Blum, Inc. and other generous companies showed their support for students in woodworking by contributing over $7,000 in tools, material, supplies and gifts to the 2014 SkillsUSA California Region 3 (Los Angeles) and California State […]
Originally posted on www.woodworkingnetwork.com on 5-21-14 MOORESVILLE, NC —Above-average sales of millwork, kitchen cabinetry and appliances helped drive Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) net earnings up 15.6% to $624 million for the quarter ended May 2, 2014 over the year prior. Sales rose 2.4% or $315 million to $13.4 billion. “While poor weather dampened traffic […]
Since the last AWFS®Fair in July of last year, the AWFS® staff, along with our board of directors and various committees, have explored ways in which we could increase the value of membership for AWFS members. One subject that has been brought up repeatedly was establishing a comprehensive product directory website that would serve as […]
AWFS Offers Guidelines for Partnering with Schools The lack of skilled workers coming into the wood products industry is a significant problem that is not going away any time soon. And no one from the outside is coming forward to solve it. The terrible and beautiful truth is it is our problem to solve. Terrible […]
Please click here to read the February 2014 Housing Commentary which was generously provided by Virginia Tech.
