Experience a unique co-located event.NEW CLOSETS EVENT ADDS ZEST TO 2005 TEXAS WOODWORKING SHOW Three days ... Two events ... One locale. The fifth biennial Texas Woodworking Show & CWB CWB Canadian Wheat Board CWB Central Weather Bureau CWB Canadian Welding Bureau CWB Causeway Bay (Hong Kong) CWB Corpus Workbench CWB Certified Wildlife Biologist CWB Child Welfare Board Conference grows in size and stature with the addition of the first-ever independent national trade event devoted to the scorching scorch v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es v.tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. hot closets and home organization industry. The CLOSETS & HOME ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE & EXPO[TM] is a milestone event for executives of established closet and garage organization system companies, as well as aspiring closet manufacturers, designers, contractors and home builders. This unique co-located event will take place March 16-18, in Dallas, TX, and is sponsored by Wood & Wood Products, Custom Woodworking Business and CLOSETS magazines. The event kicks off with a pair of full-day business conferences on Wednesday, March 16--one devoted to closet and organization system professionals and the other to custom woodworkers interested in improving their estimating skills. Day two--Thursday, March 17--dawns with a breakfast keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. by Thomas Moser, founder of the high-end custom furniture firm, Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers of Auburn, ME. Immediately following Moser's speech is the start of the two-day trade show, featuring displays by more than 200 woodworking machinery and supply exhibitors, plus a pavilion featuring products of special interest to closet and home organization product manufacturers. COST-ESTIMATING WORKSHOP 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 16 Dallas Renaissance Hotel Running concurrent to the Closets & Home Organization Conference is a "Cost Estimating & Profitable Bidding" workshop. By popular demand, this program, which was presented as a half-day workshop at the 2003 Dallas CWB Conference, is being extended to a full day. It is sponsored by Custom Woodworking Business and presented in special cooperation with the Architectural Woodwork Institute National Standards-setting Trade Association - Monday; April 24, 2006 The Architectural Woodwork Institute (AWI),founded in 1953, is a professional trade association. . Anthony Perno, Managing Partner of Casework case·work n. Social work devoted to the needs of individual clients or cases. case  work Technologies Ltd.,
Albuquerque, NM, will be the featured presenter. Perno has nearly 30
years of experience in construction, manufacturing and fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh n),n the construction or making of a restoration. , including 20 years in the woodworking industry. He has worked his way up from the production bench to ownership. Perno is also a regular presenter of AWI's cost-estimating workshops and has lectured on the topic at past CWB events in Dallas and Chicago. Among other things, the Cost-Estimating Workshop will feature several project bid examples and focus on how to: * Evaluate when to bid or not to bid * Utilize a cost-based approach * Identify all material and labor costs * Prepare a professional bid for submission CLOSETS & HOME ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 16 Dallas Renaissance Hotel The Closets & Home Organization Conference is sponsored by CLOSETS magazine and Stiles Stiles can refer to: People
NCG Network Convergence Gateway (Nomadicone) NCG National Commissioning Group (England health services procurement) NCG Noncondensible Gas , established in 1999, consists of about 50 independent closet companies located throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Each of the featured speakers is a closet and/or garage organization system professional; most are members of the NCG. Following are the conference topics and biographies of the featured presenters. Creating a Winning Sales Team Speaker: Steven Mann, Partner, Crowne Closets & Cabinetry, 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. , NV Steven Mann and his partner Burt Galper have owned Crowne Closets & Cabinetry since 1992. Since then, the company has grown into the largest independent closet company in the country. The company operates a 30,000-square-foot factory and has 117 employees, including 17 designers and 17 install crews. A new 3,000-square-foot showroom was featured in the April issue of CLOSETS. Crowne Closets' full range of products includes custom closets, garage cabinets, pantries, entertainment cabinets, home offices, wall beds, libraries and custom-made poly-shutters. Sales will exceed $10 million this year and Mann projects 15-200/o growth in 2005. Developing a Showroom That Sells Speaker: Diana Augspurger, Owner, Creative Storage Systems, Buffalo, NY Diana Augspurger says growing up in a family of interior designers that also ran a retail furniture store helped her "gain great insight into lighting, color and the effect of more intangibles, such as acoustics and designing for personality." She started Creative Storage Systems in 1984 and says her education as a registered nurse has given her "strong assessment skills and the ability to triage triage Division of patients for priority of care, usually into three categories: those who will not survive even with treatment; those who will survive without treatment; and those whose survival depends on treatment. my time effectively." Today, Creative Storage Systems operates out of a 10,000-square-foot facility and employs 16 people. One-third of the space is devoted to a showroom. In addition to serving residential customers, Creative Storage Systems has developed a niche catering to Buffalo-area restaurants. Working with Builders Speaker: Jeff Klein, Owner, The Closet Specialist, Bluffton, SC The Klein family is a pioneer of the custom closet industry, having built closet systems for more than 37 years. Jeff's father, Jerry, a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of cabinetmaker, started building closets in 1967, long before closets became an industry. Jerry advised Jeff for his first closet job in Savannah Savannah, city, United States Savannah, city (1990 pop. 137,560), seat of Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of entry on the Savannah River near its mouth; inc. 1789. , GA, where Jeff established The Closet Specialist in 1984. Twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. later, The Closet Specialist, a member of the National Closet Group, has 14 employees and annual sales of $1.2 million. The Closet Specialist operates a showroom and manufacturing facility just outside of Hilton Head, SC; its corporate and sales office is in Savannah. Klein, whose professional experience includes building custom homes, built his closet business through a 600/0 referral and repeat customer base. Marketing for Growth Speaker: Jennifer Q. Williams, President, St. Louis Closet Co., St. Louis, MO Jennifer Williams started her business in 1991 and has grown it into one of the largest independently owned closet companies in the United States. One of the founding members of the National Closet Group, Williams and her company have been recognized on several occasions in Wood & Wood Products' WOOD 100 Report of fast-growing companies. Ernst and Young cited St. Louis Closet as Small Business of the Year and Williams was named Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the Midwest by the Small Business Administration. Make Room for Business in the Garage Speaker: Skip Barrett, Director of Franchise Operations, GarageTek, Syosset, NY While working for a leading manufacturer of store fixtures and visual merchandising Visual merchandising is creating visual displays and arranging merchandise assortments within a store to improve the layout and presentation and to increase traffic and sales. equipment in the mid-1990s, GarageTek Co-Founders Mark Schuman, president, and Skip Barrett began exploring alternative uses for the company's versatile TekPanel product. While many ideas were considered, Schuman conceived the breakthrough idea--using TekPanel as the foundation for a garage organization system. GarageTek was incorporated in January 2000 and franchise sales began in March 2001. Today, the company operates in 67 markets and 34 states from coast to coast, plus Canada. Targeting the High-End Closets Market Speakers: Nancy Oliver Nancy Oliver is an American playwright and television writer. Oliver has devoted a large majority of her career writing and directing for theater. She was a co-founder of the General Nonsense Theater Company and a founding member of Alarm Dog Rep. Vallely & Steve Thurlow Stephen Charles Thurlow (born April 25, 1942 in Long Beach, California) was an American football running back in the NFL for the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins. He played college football for Stanford University. , Co-Owners, Closet Boutique Inc., Coral Springs, FL Nancy Oliver Vallely's expertise in taking a standard closet and moving it to a high-end design and her partner Steve Thurlow's association with Amish artisans were intrinsic to the foundation of Closet Boutique. Vallely honed her closet design skills running Closets by Nancy for 18 years. Thurlow invested the same number of years as a high-end kitchen cabinet designer. Working together with the Amish, Vallely and Thurlow have created a specialized, top-of-the-line, all-wood, custom-built, catalog line they dub the "Designers Series." Closet Boutique's product line also includes wall units, entertainment centers, libraries, wine rooms and offices. Hiring, Training & Retaining Quality Employees Speaker: David Linda, President, SpaceMan Home & Office, Houston, TX David Linda's background is somewhat unique in the world of custom closet and home/office organization. He holds a BS degree in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University and an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Northwestern's prestigious Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Prior to founding SpaceMan in 1998, Linda served two years as a management consultant with Deloitte Consulting. Looking Forward: Trends That Are Shaping the Closet Industry Speaker: Mike Carson, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Closet Works, Elmhurst, IL Mike Carson founded Closet Works in 1987 and has grown the business into a $7-million-a-year enterprise. Closet Works manufactures a wide range of organization products for the home, office, pantry and garage. The company has 12 fulltime design professionals, 13 full-time installers and operates two Chicagoland showrooms. Carson is also president of the National Closet Group, which he founded in 1999, and writes the "In the Front Office" column for CLOSETS magazine. KEYNOTE SPEECH 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Thursday, March 17 Dallas Renaissance Hotel Thomas Moser, founder and president of Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers, will present the keynote address, "What the Future Holds for Custom Woodworkers" The name Thomas Moser is synonymous with high-end, beautifully designed solid wood furniture. The nationally renowned furniture maker established Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers as a one-man shop in 1972. Today, the company employs 160 people at its factory in Auburn, ME, and has five showrooms strategically located across the United States. Moser's passion for woodworking is evident in his colorful presentations. He has a doctorate in speech communications and talks interestingly and insightfully about the challenges and opportunities faced by woodworking professionals. He received a rousing standing ovation from the audience attending his keynote speech at the 2004 CWB Conference in Chicago. You won't want to miss this special continental breakfast with Thomas Moser. EXHIBITORS LIST * DALLAS MARKET HALL Exhibit Hours Thursday, March 17:9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. * Friday, March 18:9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Closets & Home Organization Pavilion Exhibitors in blue 3dcadsoft Ltd. A & G Concepts International LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control AXYZ Automation Inc. Accurate Technology Adwood Corp. American Fabric Filter Co. Ameritek Applied Metal/US Products Ardee Lighting Blue Linx Corp. Bush Industries--Global Sourcing/Specialty Products Group CDM 1. CDM - Content Data Model 2. CDM - Code Division Multiplexing Papers & Foils Cabinet Makers Assn. M.L. Campbell Finishes Capella Hardware Co, Central Edgebanding LLC Clear Systems Closet Boutique Inc. CLOSETS magazine Cove Tops Ltd. Creative Storage Systems Custom Service Hardware Inc. Custom Woodworking Business DISA 1. (body) DISA - Defense Information Systems Agency. 2. (standard) DISA - Data Interchange Standards Association. Dixie Plywood & Lumber Doellken-Woodtape Edgebanding Dorus Adhesives Dynabrade Inc. Edge of Arlington Saw & Tool Edgebanding Services Inc. (ESI (Edge Side Includes) A markup language for Web pages that enables elements of a Web page to be dynamically assembled in servers distributed throughout the Internet. ) Elfa North America Epilog Laser Euro-Soft Ex-Factory Inc. Freeborn free·born adj. 1. Born as a free person, not as a slave or serf. 2. Relating to or befitting a person born free. freeborn Adjective History not born in slavery Tool Co. Gemini Coatings Inc. Gingrich Woodcraft wood·craft n. 1. Skill and experience in matters relating to the woods, as hunting, fishing, or camping. 2. The act, process, or art of carving or fashioning objects from wood. Noun 1. Inc. Gladu Tools Great Lakes Carbide Tool Mfg. Hafele America Co. Hangman HANGMAN. The name usually given to a man employed by the sheriff to put a man to death, according to law, in pursuance of a judgment of a competent court, and lawful warrant. The same as executioner. (q.v.) Products Inc. Hardware Resources Hardwoods Specialty Products Hettich America L.P. Hogan Hardwoods & Mouldings Jacob Holtz Co. Holz-Her U.S. Horizon CNC (Computerized Numerical Control) See numerical control. CNC - Collaborative Networked Communication Products Horseshoe Wood Inc. JLT JLT Journal of Lie Theory JLT Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group PLC JLT Junior Leader Training (Boy Scouts of America) JLT Just Like That JLT Junior League of Toronto JLT Junior League of Tulsa JLT Junior League of Tampa Clamps Jowat Adhesives KCDw Software Kaeser Compressors Kenmark Architectural Products Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Lamin-Art Leitz Tooling Systems Inc, Lobo Machinery Corp, Louis and Co. MJB MJB Mary J Blige (singer) MJB Master Jet Base MJB Missile Junction Box MJB Multi-way Junction Box MJB Musique des Jeunes de Bienne Wood Group Inc. Mastercam/CNC Software Inc. McKillican American Inc. Microvellum MultiOam L.R Mystera Solid Surfaces O'BH Associates LLC October Co, Inc. Olon Industries Pan American Screw Inc, Patrick Industries Inc. Pattern Systems Intl, Planit Solutions Inc. Plywood Company of Fort Worth Pollmeier Inc. Precision Products Inc. RDM RDM Ring Deutscher Makler (German Realty Association) RDM Red Mage (Final Fantasy, gaming) RDM Remote Device Management (protocol used in theatre lighting equipment) International Reading Technologies Inc. Regal Space Riverside Tool Corp. SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. Safranek Enterprises Inc. Schelling America Inc. Sidelines Inc, Southeast Tool Inc. Stabilus Stanley Home Decor Stor-X Organizing Systems Striebig Swan Saw Service Inc. Texas Architectural Panel Texas Doors The Accessories Group--TAG Titus Tool Co, Inc. TopSlide International Inc. Howard S. Twichell Co. U.S. Customized Finishes Universal Laser Systems Veneer Systems Inc. Voorwood Co. WalzCraft Industries Inc. Weinig Group Windquest Companies Wood & Wood Products Wood Components Manufacturers Assn. Woodline USA * as of Dec. 31, 2004 NO ONE UNDER 16 ADMITTED TO EXHIBIT FLOOR |
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