There’s no rest for AWFS®! Even though it feels like just a few weeks ago that AWFS® wrapped up the 2021 AWFS®Fair, show management is already starting to gear up for the next AWFS®Fair. With only 21 months left until the 2023 AWFS®Fair, step one to planning a good show is preparing for space draw. […]
MFG Day is officially Friday, October 1, 2021. It is an important way to introduce students, educators, and the general public to your company and careers within the wood manufacturing industry. Please consider hosting an event during October for Manufacturing Month! It’s not yet too late to post an event, but time is running out! […]
MFG Day is around the corner; have you started planning your event? Officially held on October 1, 2021 (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. What is […]
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 […]
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 […]
To our dear volunteers…we can’t do it without you! We exist for YOU! In honor of National Volunteer Appreciation Week (April 18-24), AWFS® recognizes and thanks the volunteers who we serve and make our work possible! Our Volunteer Leadership commits their time to participate in regular meetings and make big decisions about the strategy and […]
The AWFS® Public Policy Committee invites YOU to join us for the AWFS® 2021 VIRTUAL DC Fly-In ! The AWFS® 2021 Virtual DC Fly-In will take place Wednesday, March 24 and Thursday, March 25. The agenda will run approximately 4-6 hours each day and will consist of hill appointments with your legislative representatives (an official […]
Anaheim, Ca. – February 1, 2021 – Due to an overwhelming demand by AWFS®Fair attendees, Association of Woodworking Furnishings & Woodworking Suppliers® (AWFS®) recently announced their newest 2021 show feature: the inaugural Tool Tour. The Tool Tour will feature manufacturers and suppliers of hand and power tools and small equipment, which are essential product categories […]
Society of Wood Manufacturing, a chapter of the Association and Woodworking and Furnishings Suppliers (AWFS), will host three live virtual Q&A sessions on Friday, October 2, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. PT, 1:00 p.m. PT, and 2:00 p.m. PT featuring wood industry professionals to discuss careers in the wood manufacturing industry. This event is part of […]
There are several MFG Day events taking place in October throughout the country that are hosted by wood industry companies and featuring industry professionals! These events are specifically for students and teachers to attend to learn more about industry careers. Check them out and register ASAP! Wednesday, September 30, 2020 VIRTUAL, 12:00 NOON – 2:00 […]
