New Show Coming: IWF West debuts August 25 – 27, 2027, in San Antonio.
Exactly one year from IWF 2026 opening day, IWF West premieres in San Antonio as North American woodworking’s newest trade show and conference.
Longtime Challengers Award Chairman Passes
Arthur Garfield “Art” Raymond, Jr. was a long-time supporter of the IWF Challengers Award and held positions with both North Carolina State and Hooker Furniture. Art Raymond served as chairman of the Challengers Award for three show cycles from 2014 to 2018 and dedicated more than 20 years to NC State University, serving as an […]
High Point Furniture Market Continues Rebound
Even as the overall market for home furnishings products, including wooden case goods, remains soft, the leading trade show for the sector showed a 6% increase in registrations. Reflecting the overall housing market and rising interest rates, the home furnishings sector remains soft, off significantly from the boom years of the pandemic when Americans spent […]
Has the Housing Market Bottomed Out?
Several new reports are suggesting that the U.S. housing market may have started a slow return, even as interest rates continue to stymie new home construction. Single-family housing sales, one of the best barometers for both the larger American economy as well as the construction sector, hit a one-year high in March, surging 9.6% to […]
Inflation Drove Subcontractor Spending up $97 Billion Above Plan in 2022
New research shows that U.S. subcontractors spent $97 billion more on materials and labor last year than they had planned in 2022, impacting their profitability. It’s well-known that inflation has driven up the cost of just about everything but the figures from a new study of subcontractor spending puts a hard – and troubling – […]
IWF Night at the Tabernacle Is Back in 2024
Exclusive Preview: IWF Night at the Tabernacle—the hottest ticket at IWF 2022—is BACK with more at IWF 2024. IWF Night at the Tabernacle 2022 delivered nonstop entertainment and networking for more than 1,000 attendees in the largest all-show event in IWF history. To see what’s in store at NATT 2024, check out the best of the […]
Access 700 Woodworking Suppliers at IWF Product Finder
Atlanta, GA—The International Woodworking Fair launched the IWF Product Finder,℠ an all-new online product resource providing the fastest way to shop thousands of lines and designs from 700 of the woodworking industry’s top manufacturers. The IWF Product Finder lets users find them in one quick click. They can do business quickly and conveniently with the […]
Redesigned IWF Website Relaunches
Atlanta, GA—The International Woodworking Fair relaunched a redesigned website May 28, providing visitors a new experience with more to search and discover. With the new site design and architecture, experiencing iwfatlanta.com is now easier, faster, and more productive. Users will enjoy an all-new site journey featuring streamlined navigation, simplified reader-friendly page designs and a re-imagined, […]
WMIA Welcomes New Board Leadership and Association Management Company
Middleton, WI – The Woodworking Machinery Industry Association, the leading association representing importers and distributors of woodworking machinery and ancillary equipment in North America, held a successful Spring 2021 Board of Directors Meeting in Memphis, TN, May 5-7, 2021. Confirmed by the WMIA membership, newly elected Board Chairman, Pascal Doucet, Vice President of Sales at […]
Branding Launched for IWF Woodworking Manufacturing Month October 2021
Logo unveiled for Woodworking Manufacturing Month 2021, the new industry outreach program to support worker recruitment Atlanta, GA – The latest advance in the Woodworking Manufacturing Month’s march to the October 2021 is the introduction of the all-industry program’s brand mark and graphic signature, which make their debut here. Woodworking Manufacturing Month 2021 is the all-new industry […]