Learn from the Wood Industry’s Best as IWF Debuts Exhibitor EDU—Attendee Fast Facts No.7
Atlanta, GA—Launching at IWF 2022, Exhibitor EDU sessions is a new way to learn from the best talent in the industry: your suppliers. Exhibitor EDU provides woodworking industry professionals with practical learning and development opportunities relevant to contemporary business operations and management in a focused setting just a few steps away from the show floor. […]
Wilsonart HPL Earns Green Declare Label from Furniture Institute
Temple, TX—Wilsonart® High Pressure Laminate (HPL) now includes the International Living Future Institute Declare label, the first laminate to earn the distinction. “Wilsonart prides itself on offering stylish engineered surfaces that mimic nature without impacting the environment, and we are thrilled to offer the first laminate in the industry to feature the Declare label,” says […]
PantoRouter Joinery System to Show Bosch Capability at IWF 2022
The PantoRouter (IWF Booth A10554) allows woodworkers to make sophisticated and precise joinery for furniture and cabinets using a hand-held router. PantoRouter locks a conventional hand-held router horizontally into a 2:1 pantograph, which guides the router based on patterns from a wide range of templates to make mortise and tenon, dovetails, box joints and custom […]
VIDEO—Digitally Imaging Wood, Knots and All
Tokyo, Japan—Researchers at the University of Tokyo and other locations have developed a way to generate graphics that model the annual ring pattern of solid wood, along with natural elements like knots. Although wood texturing is a well-studied topic, there have been few previous attempts at modeling knots inside the wood texture, according to a […]
‘Building a Training Program for Your Workers’ WCA Workshop at IWF 2022
Nellysford, VA—Two representatives of the Woodwork Career Alliance of North America (WCA) will present a nuts-and-bolts workshop focused on helping woodworking companies develop effective in-house training programs at IWF 2022. The session, “Building a Training Program for Your Workers,” will be led by Scott Nelson, president of the WCA, and Bruce Spitz, former owner of […]
Wood Industry Groups Align as IWF Alliance Partners—Attendee Fast Facts No. 6
The IWF Industry Partners Alliance brings together 20 of the woodworking industry’s top trade and professional organizations in an all-new program delivering many members-only benefits including discounted show registration. Visit these IWF Industry Partners Alliance associations and plan to visit them at their booths or attend the conferences many will produce at the show. IWF […]
Exhibitor FirstFacts No. 6—How to Use IWF Free Turnkey Traffic Builder
It’s easy to drive booth traffic and spread your message with International Woodworking Fair’s free NVYTES tool kit. Here’s how. IWF 2022 brings together the newest woodworking product technologies in one place for one purpose: to help your customers build their business future. From power tools, fabrication and finishing machinery to materials, coatings, adhesives, fasteners […]
Biele Automates States Industries’ Hardwood Plywood Panel Line
Eugene, OR—States Industries (IWF Booth C1446) has automated its hardwood plywood panel line in Eugene, OR. Biele Group (IWF Booth B7523) implemented the project, putting in an automatic line to produce hardwood plywood panels up to 10 ft. long through a short-cycle multi-opening press. Completed in 2021 and now fully operational, it is the first project on […]
New Player in Wood Finishing Debuts Multi-Component Sprayer
Knoxville, TN—Magnum Venus Products (MVP), a global manufacturer of production solutions for industrial applications, is entering wood finishing. Launching Accurate Coatings Equipment, the company will exhibit a plural-component coatings system developed specifically for wood finishes and sealers. The system is said to reduce material waste and increase production output by delivering accurate and consistent catalyzation […]
Call for Woodworking Network 40 Under 40 Nominations—May 31 Deadline
North Liberty, IA—Nominations are open for the 2022 Woodworking Network 40 Under 40 recognition program. Honorees will be celebrated at a Leadership Reception held during IWF 2022. The program honors industry professionals under the age of 40, who are making a difference in their workplace, community, and industry. Individuals working within wood products manufacturing firms, […]