AWFS fair: sets new records.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Despite registering a slight decrease of approximately 5% in preliminary attendance figures, for a total of 18,987, the 2007 AWFS AWFS Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers Vegas Fair saw increases in attendance from a healthy cabinet manufacturing sector and, 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, exhibitors registered 5.2% more Leads than they did at the previous show. Biesse, for example, said it recorded orders of $6.5 million over the four-day event, an increase of 36.9% over the 2005 fair. The 2007 AWFS Vegas Fair took place July 18-22. 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. event is sponsored by the Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers. AWFS has attributed the decline in registration numbers to a drop in the furniture manufacturing and "non-manufacturer other" segments at this year's show. The tatter group is mainly suppliers, the association adds, many of whom attended the inaugural Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. Fair in 2005 for evaluation purposes and returned as exhibitors in 2007. The 2007 show set records in the number of exhibiting companies, 910, white the net square footage of exhibit space used reached 475,875, an increase of 14%. Other trade show milestones included a 40% increase in the number of new products vying vy·ing v. Present participle of vie. vying vie for Sequoia Awards (120); a 30% increase in the number of entries (210) in the Fresh Wood student design competition and a 45% increase in attendance (almost 500) at the Thursday evening Awards Banquet, where winners were announced and honored. "Home Improvement" TV star Richard Karn Richard Karn Wilson (born February 17, 1956, in Seattle, Washington) is an American television actor and former game show host. Karn is best known for his role as Al Borland, the sidekick of Tim Allen's character, on the sitcom Home Improvement (1991–1999). was the celebrity host for the evening. (For a listing of Sequoia winners and the Student Design Best of Show, see accompanying articles.) |
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