2003 AWFS fair focus: keeping a competitive edge.More than 30,000 woodworkers are expected to attend the AWFS AWFS Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers woodworking & Furniture Supply Fair, North America's largest woodworking show of the year. The show will be held July 31-Aug. 3, in Anaheim, CA. This year's Anaheim Woodworking & Furniture Supply Fair takes a proactive stance. It encourages the 30,000-plus expected attendees to search out new technologies and services to help them develop or keep a competitive edge in today's global marketplace. "Change Happens--Keep Your Edge," is the theme for the 2003 show. Scheduled to take place July 31 to Aug. 3 at the Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim Convention Center is a major convention center in Anaheim, California. It is located across from the Disneyland Resort on Katella Avenue. Much of the Anaheim Convention Center has been renovated in recent years with state-of-the-art facilities. , the biennial biennial, plant requiring two years to complete its life cycle, as distinguished from an annual or a perennial. In the first year a biennial usually produces a rosette of leaves (e.g., the cabbage) and a fleshy root, which acts as a food reserve over the winter. AWFS Fair, is the largest woodworking industry event in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. this year. More than 750 companies are already committed to exhibiting in the 400,000 square feet of exhibit space, with more corning in daily, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. show management. "We expect to be fully sold out by the beginning of July," says Joan Kemp, trade show chair for AWFS. The AWES Fair is owned and operated by The Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers. For more information visit www.awfsfair.org. Three New Showcases This year's fair features three new showcases: New Product Showcase and Awards Program, Safety Showcase, and First-Time Exhibitors Showcase. Each of these showcases will be in Hall E of the convention center. "We created these new showcase programs to help attendees quickly review innovative products and services," Kemp says. "We are going this extra mile as part of our commitment to produce the best show ever this year for both our exhibitors and attendees." The New Product Showcase and Awards Program will feature exhibitors' new-to-market products and allow them to compete for industry recognition awards. Each product displayed will have a sign bearing its name, description and the exhibiting company's name and booth number. "Studies have shown that 85 percent of attendees indicate that finding new products is their number one reason to attend a trade show," Kemp says. The New Product Awards Program encompasses the Sequoia Awards, formerly a stand-alone award recognizing environmental innovation in the industry. Awards will be given in five categories: ergonomics ergonomics, the engineering science concerned with the physical and psychological relationship between machines and the people who use them. The ergonomicist takes an empirical approach to the study of human-machine interactions. , safety, innovative technology, productivity and environment. The Safety Showcase recognizes the commitment of exhibitors to safety and displays products and resources that can help create a safer work environment. Each product or program will include a description and explain how it promotes safety in the workplace. "Promoting safety as well as reducing work hazards is essential for the industry to remain competitive," says Ase Stornetta, Ritter rit·ter n. pl. ritter A knight. [German, from Middle High German riter, from Middle Dutch ridder, from r Mfg., a member of the 2003 committee. "This showcase will acknowledge the companies that have made safety a priority." The First-Time Exhibitors Showcase gives new exhibitors the opportunity to garner additional exposure at the fair by showcasing products along with brief descriptions of their companies and products. Educational Opportunities The College of Woodworking Knowledge will include an hour and a half to two hour seminars on a range of subject tracks from business management and design to safety and environment. "We are getting many calls for early show registration and College of Woodworking Knowledge educational programs. Although it is too early to know what final registration numbers will be, based on the early requests we are receiving, we are anticipating an excellent turn-out," Kemp says. Led by industry experts, the CWWK CWWK College of Woodworking Knowledge (Educational seminar series offered by AWFS at biannual AWFS Fair) programs are designed to help attendees looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. new ways to increase productivity and profitability. There are 30 industry-specific sessions. Three pre-show workshops are also available beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 30. For detailed information on these and other educational programs, see page 83. Exhibitors Aid Charities Continuing a tradition begun four years ago, 10 exhibiting companies have committed to donating materials and manufacturing resources and other demonstration materials to be used to make furniture as part of the WoodWORKS for Children Program. Participants of WoodWORKS for Children will produce 26 sets of toddler furniture with 52 beds and 30 dressers for the Orangewood orangewood, n the wood of choice for the working tips of porte polishers, due to its resistance to splitting and its ability to carry polishing agents. See porte polisher. Children's Home children's home n → centro de acogida para niños children's home n → foyer m d'accueil (pour enfants) children's home n . Orangewood is an emergency shelter Emergency shelters are places for people to live temporarily when they can't live in their previous residence, similar to homeless shelters. The main difference is that an emergency shelter typically specializes in people fleeing a specific type of situation, such as battered which provides a safe refuge for abused and neglected Orange County children, ranging in age from birth to 17 years of age. The 10 companies already committed to donating materials are: Acme (company, jargon) ACME - /ak'mee/ 1. A Company that Makes Everything. The canonical imaginary business. Possibly also derived from the word "acme" meaning "highest point". 2. A program for MS-DOS. Metal Stampings, bed supports; Balnbridge Mfg., handles; Julius Blum, drawer slides; Freeman Co., logistics support; ITW ITW In The Wild (informatics, antivirus research) ITW Information Theory Workshop (IEEE) ITW Into Thy Word (religion) ITW Into the Woods Plastiglide, T-moulding; Kemp Hardware, fittings; Leggett & Platt, mattresses; SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. 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"The companies involved feel proud that they will create something useable for children during the demonstrations," Gangone says. "It will take approximately 150 full sheets of material to create all of the beds and dressers, but everyone is happy to do it. Volunteers will visit Orangewood and assemble the furniture shortly after the show." WoodWORKS for Children was developed by AWE'S Past President Doug Kemp of Kemp Hardware, as a way of utilizing much of the demonstration materials while helping disadvantaged children at the same time. "Machinery manufacturers need to demonstrate how their products work. Wood WORKS for Children turns demonstrations into useful products," Doug Kemp says. "We learned a great deal about the complex logistics to make this happen when we launched the program in 1999. Furniture pieces have to be engineered well in advance for machinery manufacturers to program their machines. Wood products have to be available for finishing from the moment the fair starts," Kemp adds. "The movement and timing of pieces from one exhibitor to another has to be manage as well as a productive shop floor. This year, participating exhibitor are working with us every step of the way for a smooth process from beginning to end." RELATED ARTICLE: Show at a Glance Show Dates: July 31-August 3 Show Hours: July 31-August 2: Hall E: 9 a.m.-6 p.m Halls A, B, C, D: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. August 3: Hall E: 9 a.m.-4 p.m Halls A, B, C, D: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 800W. Katella Ave., Anaheim, CA Admission & Registration: Pre-registration, until July 9, is $10; registration at the show is $30. There is a seminar conference discount for two or more members of the same company. Attendees can pre-register online at www.awfsfair.org or by fax at (323) 622-0321. Seminar Information: See page 83 Exhibitor Guide: See page 89 New Category Added to Student Design Contest Show Sponsor: Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers "Office Furniture of the Future" has been added as the special theme category for this year's Student Design Competition. The other design categories are: Chairs, Tables, Casework/Cabinets and Upholstered Furniture. According to Nancy Fister, AWFS education and conference manager, more than 120 applications were received by the June 2 contest deadline, with 82 of them being post secondary school students up from 52 in 2001, and 33 from high school students up from 13 in 2001. Entries came in from 16 states and Canada. Approximately 40 finalists will be selected by the end of June, with the winners announced on July 31 in a special ceremony at the AWFS Fair. Two prizes will be awarded in each category, at each school level -- one for traditional styles and one for creative styles. Projects entered under "traditional" follow a known design style, with an emphasis on workmanship. Creative styles emphasize the uniqueness and functionality of the project According to Fister, the "creative" -- post secondary -- style received the most entries with 73. Within each style, the entries for chairs, tables and casework case·work n. Social work devoted to the needs of individual clients or cases. case  work are pretty evenly split, she says, with
slightly smaller numbers of applications entered in the upholstery and
office furniture categories.
A special sculpture for Best of Show will be presented to the winner by designer, Sam Maloof Sam Maloof (born January 24 1916 in Chino, California) is a furniture designer and maker. His work has been displayed in museums around the United States. All his pieces are custom-made, and there is currently a several-year waiting period for customers who have placed orders. . A master craftsman A master craftsman (sometimes called only master or grandmaster) was a member of a guild. In the European guild system, only master craftsmen were allowed to actually be members of the guild. in furniture and woodworking Maloof designed the black walnut black walnut see juglans nigra. sculpture to reflect his sweeping curve signature design. Also presented that night will be the People's Choice Award for the entry receiving the most votes from fair attendees. All finalists will be given a certificate and will be able to participate in the AWFS resume distribution program. Show Management Now Handled by AWFS Staff The finalist entries will be displayed in Hall E during the show. The projects must be composed of at least 50 percent wood or wood composites; entries in the upholstered furniture category are exempt from the 50 percent wood requirement. In a move designed to improve the quality of the Anaheim Woodworking & Furniture Supply Fair, the show's organizer, the Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers, has internalized the production and management of the trade show. "By bringing show management into our offices, it will enable us to understand our exhibitors' unique needs on a far more personal level," says AWFS President Tom Orlando of CTD CTD 1 Connective tissue disease, see there 2 Cumulative trauma disorder, see there Machines Inc. In addition to Dale Silverman, AWFS executive director, and Linda Schonwald, assistant executive director and trade show director, the new AWFS management team includes: Rick Calvert, AWFS Fair sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → ; Debbie Moore, trade show operations manager See datacenter manager. ; and Nancy Fister, education coordinator and conference manager. The 2003 AWFS trade show committee includes: Joan Kemp, JK Enterprises, chairman; Jeff Oliverson, Atlantic Machinery/OMGA, vice-chairman; David Barnes David Barnes is the name of a number of people:
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