AUSTIN, TX -- Four exhibitors have signed on as sponsors of the 8^th Annual Closets & Home Organization Conference & Expo, Feb. 15-17 at the Austin Convention Center.

Three of the companies, all long-time supporters of this unique event, are Gold Sponsors, including: 20-20 Technologies, Drawer Connection and Rev-A-Shelf. The fourth company, Eveready Hardware, is sponsoring the badge lanyards this year.

About the Sponsors
20-20 Technologies of Laval, QC, has been a world leader in computer-aided design, business and manufacturing software for the interior design and furniture industries for more than 20 years. 20-20 Technologies’ solutions cover the entire supply chain, from plant floor to point of sale. The company has become an industry standard for its breadth of functionality and catalog content as well as its cutting-edge 3-D rendering.

Drawer Connection of Mesa, AZ, has been manufacturing custom drawers, drawer boxes, dowel and dovetail drawers since 1997. Combining technology with skilled personnel, Drawer Connection has become one of the leading drawer manufacturers in the United States. The company’s drawers are found in residential and commercial cabinets, as well as closets and garage storage systems. Drawers come in all of the most popular species of woods, plywoods and melamines.

Eveready Hardware of Long Island, NY, imports and distributes cabinet, furniture and closet hardware. Eveready Hardware stocks more than 9,000 products and supplies everything necessary to the industry other than board and laminate including a broad range of decorative, functional and architectural hardware, shop supplies, machinery and a complete line of closet hardware from leading suppliers/manufacturers. Eveready Hardware is family owned and has been serving the Northeastern US since 1934.

Rev-A-Shelf of Louisville, KY, has adopted a "whole home" approach, expanding its product categories to include: kitchen, bath, closet, and childproof cabinet products targeted toward the middle to luxury end of the customer demographic. Products include cabinet storage and organizational products such as lazy Susans, kitchen drawer organizers, base cabinet and pantry pull-outs, functional waste containers and child-proof locking systems. The product line currently consists of polymer, wire, wood, and stainless steel components, manufactured and marketed globally to kitchen Dealers and furniture manufacturers, cabinet industry distributors and retail home centers.
 
The Closets Conference is co-sponsored by the Association of Closet and Storage Professionals and CLOSETS magazine.

The ACSP is a trade association focused on bringing industry members closer together and serving as a unified voice for the industry. Members are companies that sell and install closet and storage systems to end-users as well as suppliers to closet and storage companies. The association recently launched the industry's first Professional Storage Designer certification program and will deliver a progress report in Austin.

CLOSETS is the only publication dedicated to serving closet, garage and home organization professionals.  Launched in 2003, CLOSETS reaches more than 15,000 subscribers looking for up-to-date information on sources of equipment and supplies, industry trends and best business practices for manufacturing, design and marketing operations.  CLOSETS is published by Vance Publishing Corporation, a recognized leader in business information and communications since 1937.

Joining the 8^th Closets Conference & Expo is the 3^rd Custom Cabinet Conference, co-sponsored by the Cabinet Makers Association and Custom Woodworking Business magazine.

The Cabinet Makers Association is a professional organization where cabinetmakers and woodworkers from both the residential and commercial markets get together and share their hard-earned knowledge and experience to help one another. We do not believe we are competition. We believe that working together is the best way to improve our own individual companies as well as the industry as a whole.

Custom Woodworking Business is a sister-publication of CLOSETS. Each issue delivers industry professionals information, inspiration, and education to help grow their business. CWB is the only publication to truly embrace the professional custom woodworking market. Included is extensive coverage of architectural woodworking, cabinets, furniture and niche markets.