WWP September 2007
In This Issue
Wood Working Business: Willing to Fight for Your Market Share?
By Tom Dossenbach - The time is right for U.S. manufacturers to promote their quality, uniqueness and home-field advantage.
Best of the WOOD 100: Building a Better Business
By Wade Vonasek - Phoenix, AZ-based PremierGarage melds lean manufacturing initiatives and a strong franchise network to lead the pack in the residential garage enhancement product industry.
Woodworking Machinery: Boring And Drilling Machines are Not so...Boring
By Matt Warnock - Equipment manufacturers say there is much more to boring and drilling machines than simply putting holes in panels.
Danger! Furniture
Furniture can be hazardous to your health.That warning comes not from the Surgeon General, but from the embattled U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission.
What Do You Mean By Green?
In case youâve been hiding under a rock, or completely missed reading a magazine or newspaper in the past months, âgreenâ is in vogue right now. Consumers are asking for it. Retailers are demanding it.
But do they really know what they want?
Skilled Woodworkers Don't Grow on Trees
You know the backlog for new business must be soft when the economy outranks employee recruitment and retention as the No. 1 concern of WOOD 100 company executives.
WMS 2007 Revs Up for Business
Canada’s largest woodworking event incorporates the first Canadian Closets Conference and other educational workshops in three action-packed days.
AWFS Fair Sets New Records
Almost 19,000 people were in attendance for the 2007 AWFS Vegas Fair, held July 18-22 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Las Vegas Furniture Market Goes Dark & Dramatic
At the Summer Las Vegas Market, two-toned furniture shows its warmth, while colors help court the young consumer market.
Sauder Woodworking Cleans up in the RTA Market
Sauder Woodworking’s proactive and reactive environmental policies have not only saved the company millions of dollars, but have helped it to promote good stewardship within the community.