The organizers of the 2013 Woodworking Machinery & Supply Expo gratefully acknowledge and thank the following organizations and publications for their support of this year’s event. To join our team of association, education and media partners, contact Rich Christianson at [email protected] or 847-415-8024.

 

EXHIBITOR SPONSORS

Flakeboard   Booth #5526
Headquartered in Markham, ON, Flakeboard operates eight manufacturing sites in Canada and the United States. The company is certified through the Composite Panel Association's Eco-Certified Composite program, offers FSC Certified prodcuts from all its mills and manufactures products compliant with CARB formaldehyde standards. Flakeboard also produces TFL panels in a wide range of colors and woodgrains.www.flakeboard.com

 

General International Mfg. Co. Ltd.   Booth #5020
General International is a privately held Canadian company that specializes in the design, import and wholesale distribution of high quality woodworking and metal working machinery and related accessories. Our mission has always been to provide our customers, be they professional industrial users, educational institutions, or dedicated hobbyists, with the best in quality, reliability and durability. www.general.ca

 

Blum Canada   Booth #4401
Located in Mississauga, ON, the headquarters of Blum Canada Limited is ideally located to serve the needs of the Canadian market. Blum Canada is part of a global distribution network that serves the unique needs of over 60 countries. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Julius Blum GmbH of Hoechst, Austria, a family-owned company, which produces the finest in functional cabinet hardware in the world. www.blum.com/ca

 

  ETemplate Systems  Booth #5033
 ETemplate Systems™ is the developer of ELaser and EPhoto 3D digital      measuring systems. The systems are leaders in sales for digital field measuring/templating ("as-built" measuring) and are widely used in woodworking, metalworking and glass, as well as the solid surface, laminate, and stone countertop fabrication industries. We offer two 3D technologies – Laser and Photography. www.etemplatesystems.com

 

Gringrich Woodcraft, Inc. Booth #5420
With a reputation built on supplying quality wood products, GWI continues to bring new products to market. Along with dovetail drawers in many species, we offer a wide range of kitchen accessories such as cutleries, lazy susan shelves and spice inserts. A new line of cabinet pullouts is being introduced, as well as new waste bin pullouts. Also Butcher Block countertops, solid wood 5-piece cabinet doors and wood mouldings are available. www.gingrichwoodcraft.com 

 

Atlas Copco, Booth #5544
Established in 1949, Atlas Copco Canada has leading positions in sales, service and marketing of air and gas compressors, portable compressors, generators, mining and rock excavation equipment, construction tools, pneumatic and electric power tools and assembly systems. Atlas Copco has more than 750 employees and 200 distributors across Canada. www.atlascopco.com/caus

Richelieu, Booths # 4101 & 4113
RIchelieu offers some 90,000 products (SKUs) in a wide variety of categories including: kitchen accessories, lighting systems, finishing and decorating products, functional hardware, ergonomic workstations, closet and kitchen storage solutions, sliding doors systems, decorative and functional panels, high-pressure laminates. www.richelieu.com

Uniboard Canada Inc., Booth 5206
Uniboard Canada Inc. is a leading North American manufacturer of engineered wood products, with installed capacity of more than 640 million square feet of raw particleboard, high-density and medium-density fiberboard, of which over 50% is converted into value-added thermofused laminate and laminate flooring products. Its products are sold to retailers, distributors and finished goods manufacturers, which cater to the kitchen cabinet industry, the furniture industry, the renovation and construction industries, as well as to the floor covering industry. Uniboard is the largest supplier of thermofused laminate panels in North America. www.uniboard.com

ASSOCIATION PARTNERS

Architectural Woodwork Manufacturers Association of Canada (AWMAC)
The main thrust of the association has always been to promote and improve quality standards while keeping pace with new products and technology in the Architectural Woodwork Industry. www.awmac.com

 

Association of Closet and Storage Professionals (ACSP)
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 an the industry's first Professional Stoage Certification program. www.closets.org

 

The Bluewater Wood Alliance Inc. is a not-for-profit company, incorporated in Ontario, with a mandate to further economic growth and the sustainability of the wood products manufacturing industry in South-western Ontario.  The aim is to make that industry more competitive in both national and international markets.  The organization is seen as a wood manufacturing cluster, which can be defined as a geographic concentration of manufacturers, suppliers, and associated institutions serving the wood industry. www.bluewaterwoodalliance.com

 

Cabinet Makers Association (CMA)
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. www.cabinetmakers.org
 

Canadian Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association (CHPVA)
The CHPVA is the national association representing the Canadian hardwood plywood and veneer industry in all technical, regulatory, quality assurance, and product acceptance.Its members manufacture rotary, sliced, and jointed hardwood veneer, as well as decorative panels used in manufacturing furniture, panelling, cabinetry, doors, shelving, and other similar products. www.cphva.com

 

Canadian Kitchen Cabinet Association (CKCA)
TThe Canadian Kitchen Cabinet Association is a national association that strives to promote the interests and conserve the rights of manufacturers of kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities and related millwork, as well as their suppliers and dealers, throughout Canada. www.ckca.ca

 

Canadian Woodworking Machinery Distributors Association (CWMDA)
The Canadian Woodworking Machinery Distributors Association Kitchen Cabinet Association is a trade association dedicated to promoting woodworking machinery in Canada. CWMDA members offer the finest in new technology to the Canadian woodworking industry, which can help Canadian manufacturers to improve their technological competence and competitiveness in order to better address challenges of the new global economy. www,cwmda-acdmb.ca

 

Wood Component Manufacturers Association (WCMA)
The WCMA develops standards for the dimension and component manufacturing business in the U.S. and Canada. .The association develops and promotes a general demand for the industry's products and services and serves as a business referral clearinghouse between component buyers and makers. www.woodcomponents.org

 

 Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America (WMMA)
For over 100 years, the Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America has worked to increase the productivity and profitability of U.S. woodworking machinery and woodworking tools manufacturers and the businesses that support them. Over that time, WMMA has dedicated itself to the advancement of the U.S. woodworking industry and wood industry, with wood education training, wood industry research, support of woodworking shows, and diverse member programs and services. www.wmma.org

 

Wood Manufacturing Council (WMC)
The Council's mandate is to plan, develop and implement human resources strategies that support the long-term growth and competitiveness of Canada's advanced wood products manufacturing industry and meet the developmental needs of its workforce. The Council identifies and examines the necessary skills and knowledge required to respond to changing industry needs. The Council also develops an overall strategic plan to address key issues such as the shortage of skilled workers and the need for national standards for worker competencies. www.wmc-cfb.ca

 

EDUCATION PARTNERS

Centre for Advanced Wood Processing, University of British Columbia
The Centre for Advanced Wood Processing is Canada's national centre of excellence for education and research related to wood products processing and advanced wood products manufacturing. CAWP offers a wide range of training courses, continuing education programs and industry services, conducts applied research, and assists industry to employ students to work on special projects by coordinating a cooperative education program. www.cawp.ubc.ca

 

Conestoga College: Woodworking Centre of Ontario
The Woodworking Centre of Ontario is a 50,000 square foot facility that ranks in the top 4 in the world as a training institution for secondary wood processing education. Students are exposed to both custom and production training as well as the latest in CNC and computerized drafting technology. The school’s Technology and Cabinetmaker Apprenticeship programs have graduated hundreds since 1988. www.conestogac.on.ca/about/facilities/woodwk/index.jsp

 

Mohawk College
Mohawk College’s woodworking/cabinetmaking classes offers instruction on traditional trade practices and new technologies. Students learn to lay out, calculate, cut, machine, assemble and finish wood cabinets and fine furniture. www.mohawkcollege.ca/continuing-education/woodworking-cabinetmaking.html

 

MEDIA PARTNERS

 Canadian Finishing & Coatings Manufacturing (CFCM)
CFCM is Canada's bi-monthly tabloid trade magazine for industrial finishing (paint, powder coating, wood finishing, anodizing, PVD and plating, and paint and coating manufacturing. www.cfcm.ca

 

Canadian Woodworking & Home Improvement
Each issue of Canadian Woodworking is packed with tips, plans, tool reviews and more for the hobbyist woodworker and DIYer. www.canadianwoodworking.com

 

Wood & Panel USA
Wood & Panel USA is a digital bi-monthly magazine published for woodworking professionals in the U.S. and Canada from SME decision makers to multinational production plant managers. Coverage includes forestry, high-end automated technologies, panel manufacturing, solid wood processing, veneers, laminates, finished and semi-finished products, construction, general woodworking and more. www.woodandpanel.us

 

Wood Industry
Wood Industry bills itself as the authority on making and marketing wood products. Wood Industry is the official media partner of the Woodworking Machinery & Supply Expo (WMS) and publisher of the 2011 WMS Show Guide. www.woodindustry.ca\

 

Woodworking
Woodworking is a 24-year-old publication focused on Canada’s secondary woodworking industry. www.woodworkingcanada.com

 

Woodworking Network
Woodworking Network is the media network comprised of  Wood Products, Custom Woodworking Business and Closets magazines; the Red Book Guide to Wood Industry Best Practices and a wide range of electronic information products. www.woodworkingnetwork.com