Woodworking machinery firm General International hosts an appearance by the star from “Rough Cut – Woodworking with Tommy Mac” at AWFS Fair 2011 at its booth 4433 in Las Vegas.

A panel of industry judges has selected 41 entries from students enrolled in woodworking and design curriculums across North America for display in the 2011 Fresh Wood competition at AWFS Fair, Wednesday, July 20 – Saturday, July 23, 2011 in Las Vegas.

For the 2011woodworking show, runing July 20-23 at the Last Vegas Convention Center, AWFS Fair has devised eight targeted tracks provide focused, topical coursework presented by business and woodworking experts. Here is a list of the track categories, followed by details on each presentation. Each item is linked to registration information.

With the July 20-23 AWFS Fair in Las Vegas, the Association of Woodworking & Furnishing Suppliers has planned an event that gives you the best opportunity to improve your business, refine your technical skills, and see the latest in woodworking technology, tools and supplies - all under one roof.

U.S. cabinetry and CNC turning students will face-off against peers from around the world at WorldSkills 2011, to be held in London, England in October. At AWFS Fair in Las Vegas July 20-23, cabinetmaking trials for the 2013 WorldSkills event will be held live over three days.

AWFS: Wood Product Design & Development Graduate Headed to National Competition in Las Vegas

Coverage in the AWFS Show Planner includes a look at the awards programs, seminar information and an exhibitors’ list.

LEESBURG, VA -- The Composite Panel Association (CPA) is readying the launch of its new Eco-Certified Composite (ECC) Product Certification Program at the AWFS Fair, July 20-23 in Las Vegas.

For the wood industry, creative design is the secret sauce for business growth. We've been struck again and again at the avid interest audiences have for reading about new design trends in building and finishing wood products.

Rehau says it will open a Montreal plant to manufacture the specialized panel edgeband material for laser edgebanders, which us a processing system that replaces gluepots with an edgebanding whose surface is activated by powerful lasers in laser edgebanding machines.