Phil Stevenson of AWFI will discuss establishing a finishing system, setting up finishing standards, performance measurements and developing training.

In partnership with Warren County High School, students can take mechatronics courses and start at Motlow College as sophomores.

Starting with a discount for all participants who enroll online, the Osborne Wood Trade Partner Program comprises a tiered system in which the level of discount increases with order size.

CHICAGO -- The winners of the 2019 Best of NeoCon Competition were announced on the first day of the trade event, during an awards breakfast hosted by Contract magazine at the Renaissance Hotel. Eighty-three awards were distributed in this year’s competition of contract furnishing products, including eight Innovation awards, six Editors’ Choice awards, and a Best of Competition prize. A selection of 2019 winners includes: Architectural Products Gold and Best of Competition: OFS: Obeya Silver: Connectrac: Flex

Style-Line Furniture manufactures custom stationary living room furniture and occasional chairs.

Visitors to the show can learn more about Alphacam for wood, stone, and metal; the Cabinet Vision design-to-manufacturing software, and the Workplan process-planning system.

The work cell comprises four machines: 7400 vertical panel saw, Conquest Industries B0122 pneumatic line boring machine, 72 GP edgebander and SPM301 screw pocket machine.

Staff and industry volunteers from the Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers (AWFS) assisted as contest coordinators, judges, and with overall contest support.

Attendees will have the opportunity to see how to run the Cut Center that can reportedly make almost anything a cabinet shop would want to make with no programming.

Hardwoods Specialty Products, Rugby Architectural Building Products and Frank Paxton Lumber will showcase an assortment of interior surfacing products at AWFS Fair.