MARIETTA, GA -- The Wood Component Manufacturers Association has set a busy agenda for 2011, which it kicked off at last week's Closets & Home Organization Conference & Expo in Charlotte, NC.

The WCMA's most popular annual event, the Fall Conference & Plant Tour Event will be held October 2-4 in Louisville, KY. The Fall conference will begin with roundtable discussions on Sunday afternoon, October 2, followed by a Welcome Reception and Wood Technology Expo. which connects wood component manufacturers with leading providers of machinery, tooling, supplies, software and business solutions.

The WCMA will also exhibit at several major woodworking shows, including interzum in Cologne, Germany; Ligna in Hannover, Germany; AWFS Fair in Las Vegas, NV; and the Woodworking Machinery & Supply Expo in Toronto, ON, Canada. Plus, the WCMA will publish its 2011-12 Wood Components Buyer's Guide in the June issue of Wood & Wood Products.

The WCMA's 2011 promotional schedule follows:

February: WCMA Dimension & Components Market Study released

February 23-25: Exhibiting at Closets Conference & Expo; Charlotte, North Carolina

April 5-7: Exhibiting at Dubai International Wood & Wood Products Show; Dubai, UAE

May 4-7: 2011 Woodworking Industry Conference (WIC); Marco Island, Florida

May 25-28: Exhibiting at Interzum Fair; Cologne, Germany

May 30-June 3: Exhibiting at Ligna Woodworking Fair; Hannover, Germany

June: WCMA Cost-of-Doing-Business Survey will be conducted

June: 2011-2012 Wood Components Buyer’s Guide; Wood & Wood Products; AWFS Vegas Preview

July 20 -23: Exhibiting at AWFS Vegas Fair; Las Vegas, Nevada

September 16 - 18: Exhibiting at Cairo Furniture Fair; Cairo, Egypt

October 2-4: WCMA Fall Conference & Plant Tour Event; Louisville, Kentucky

October 27-29: Exhibiting at WMS Woodworking Machinery & Supply Expo; Toronto, Ontario, Canada