Are you curious about serving on the AWFS® Board of Directors and/or AWFS Committees* but want to learn more? Check out the recording of this 24 minute info session where AWFS® staff discuss the role, commitment, and expectations for serving on the AWFS® Board and Committees. *AWFS® Committees include Trade Show, Member Services, Education, and […]
AWFS® is currently conducting a member survey about how we can consistently deliver the highest value to all our members. You may have received an invitation on Oct 14 from sender frank@thevianovagroup.com via SurveyMonkey with the subject line: “AWFS needs your feedback! Help us improve your AWFS member experience”. Please check your SPAM if you don’t see it in […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Greetings AWFS® Members, We are we well on our way in the new year and the challenges of 2020 are fading quickly. COVID-19 has severely impacted many businesses and industries in the U.S., while others did quite well and some even flourished. Fortunately, from all the reports that I have read, our industry has done […]
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 […]
Call for Entries Now Open Anaheim, September 21 — The Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers® (AWFS) will host its 12th biennial Fresh Wood student furniture competition. The competition, which will be showcased at the 2021 AWFS®Fair, July 20-23, in Las Vegas, is open to high school and post-secondary students in woodworking or related programs. […]
AWFS® is very excited to introduce the 2021 Tool Tour at next July’s AWFS®Fair, which will highlight manufacturers that feature the small equipment, power tools and hand tools that shops of all sizes need for their daily operations. The Tool Tour will feature a fun, interactive Rock n’ Roll theme as buyers will be incentivized […]
