The 2023 AWFS®Fair show is excited to announce the creation of The Maverick Award to become the headline award for the successful Tool Tour Program. The Maverick Award will honor excellence in marketing strategy and execution for Tool Tour participation at AWFS®Fair 2023. The competition will recognize one qualifying exhibitor based on a variety of […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
