IWF 2024: We Have a Big Winner
IWF 2024 featured 1,093 exhibitors and thousands and thousands of buyer attendees in a four-day run of big buying and selling. Here’s a look back at all the action. Big Show [envira-gallery id=”18045″] Big Business [envira-gallery id=”18059″] Big Crowds [envira-gallery id=”18069″] Big Fun [envira-gallery id=”18082″] Big Partnerships IWF 2024 Show Site Brand Partners [envira-gallery id=”18093″]
That’s a Wrap for IWF ’24: See You in August 2026
This year’s International Woodworking Fair wrapped up earlier this month and preparations are already in place for 2026. The numbers were as big as some of the giant machinery and exhibitors’ products that filled the 1M+ square-foot footprint of the Georgia World Congress Center this month as an estimated 26,000 attendees from across the entire […]
Nordson’s FoamMelt Set to Debut at IWF this August
The latest in the company’s line of melters represents the newest technology in the field. At the International Woodworking Fair this summer in Atlanta, Nordson’s FoamMelt FIT25 will be introduced with what the company calls “its latest breakthrough technology” in melters, which introduce an inert gas into hotmelt adhesives in a recirculating loop to create […]
Enjoy the IWF Beer Garden Sponsored by WEINIG HOLZ-HER
Back for 2024! The Beer Garden at IWF 2024 is your spot to relax, refresh, and connect with other attendees and exhibitors. Sponsored exclusively by WEINIG HOLZ-HER, the Beer Garden offers a selection of food and beverages on tap. It’s also easy to access, located just inside the Andrew Young International Boulevard entrance between Buildings […]
IWF Announces 2024 Challengers Award Finalists
From a field of 92 entries submitted by 75 IWF 2024 exhibiting companies, judges have named 20 IWF Challengers Award finalists. The 20 finalists will perform live demonstrations for judges’ review on Monday, August 5—one day prior to IWF 2024 opening day. Judges will render final decisions to select winners based on demonstration outcomes. Seven […]
Manufacturing for Design Superiority
Businesses occupied in the dual role of designer-manufacturer of lifestyle products assume a third level of influence: Trendsetters in the aesthetic landscape. In this realm, the fusion of craftsmanship and innovation defines success. One such business is Hardwood Inc., a pioneering provider of premium building materials ranging from hardwoods to acrylics and architectural panels. At the heart […]
IWF Night at the Tabernacle 2024 Wednesday, August 7
The hottest ticket at the nation’s largest woodworking trade show is back: IWF Night at the Tabernacle 2024 Wednesday, August 7. IWF Night at the Tabernacle is THE show party with high-energy entertainment, complimentary cocktails and memorable networking steps away from the show in Atlanta’s #1 entertainment venue. Tickets on sale in early June by logging […]
Home Depot Doubles Down on Pro Business
The giant home improvement retailer’s latest acquisition makes a big statement on its focus on contractors and professional builders. Only a month after announcing four new distribution centers specifically focused on its pro customers, Home Depot made a huge purchase that strengthened its attention to the roofing, landscaping, and pool sectors of the professional building […]
Over Half of Homeowners Plan to Renovate in Next Five Years
The housing market may still be struggling but existing homeowners have big plans in store for renovations. A new, just-released study reports that 58 percent of homeowners say they plan to make renovations on their homes within the next five years, providing positive news for the building trade which remains stymied by the slump in […]
The Canadian Forest Wildfires of 2023 Could Be Coming Back
They had a devastating impact on both air quality and lumber supplies last year and now they seem poised to return this summer. Depending on where you live in North America, out-of-control wildfires in a number of Canadian forests created serious air quality issues last year but for the lumber industry, it was the devastation […]