The premier industry event celebrates 20 years of industry growth and innovation in 2025.

This year's event put a spotlight on the industry's shifting focus toward wellness, inclusivity, and sustainability.

John Stearns, Career Technical Education Director and woodworking instructor at Amity High School, has been honored with the 2024 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools (HFTS) Prize for Teaching Excellence. The award recognizes outstanding educators who are shaping the future of skilled trades.

The SMAU award is for the new “Solutions Library” project, a digital library of technical solutions that makes the most of artificial intelligence to process and share the group’s wealth of knowledge, acquired over 70 years of experience in the technologies sector for machining wood and other materials.

The Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association (KCMA) has officially announced the KCMA Design Awards program for 2025 and is inviting kitchen and bath designers to submit their best kitchen design projects featuring KCMA Member cabinets.

The program will provide foundational training in Lean principles, specifically designed for the wood manufacturing industry.

The new products include DONE.PINE, a standard grade prefinished Easter white pine paneling, and Enhance, a premium grade Eastern white pine paneling.

Earlier this year, Colonial Saw asked its Striebig customers how a Striebig vertical panel saw helped streamline their business for a chance to win a free tune up. "We had many great examples come in, but one stood out in particular," Colonial Saw reported. "His story and beautiful customwork caught our attention."

Tommy Mac honors veterans with limited edition flag stool giveaway.

The WMCO members-only tour is being orchestrated in partnership with Blum.