View a complete list of wood industry associations that are influential in the woodworking industry below. Also, visit our Safety & Environmental Regulations resources to get important wood industry research about combustible dust and other topics, find wood industry standards about safety and find out how to get more wood industry training.

U.S.-Based Industry Trade Associations

• American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA)

• American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA)

• American Hardwood Information Center

• American Institute of Architects

• American Society of Furniture Designers (ASFD)

• American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)

• Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers Inc. (AHMI)

• Architectural Woodwork Institute (AWI)

• Association for Retail Environments (A.R.E.)

• Association of Closet and Storage Professionals (ACSP)

• Association of Millwork Distributors (AMD)

• Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers (AWFS)

• Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association (BHMA)

• Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA)

• Cabinet Industry Distribution Alliance (CIDA)

• Cabinet Makers Association (CMA)

• Composite Panel Association

• Construction Marketing Association

• The Door and Hardware Institute (DHI)

• Engineered Wood Association

• Forest Products Society

• Furniture Manufacturers Credit Association (FMCA)

• Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association (HPVA)

• International Saw & Knife Association (ISKA)

• International Research Group on Wood Protection

• International Surface Fabricators Association (ISFA)

• International Wood Products Association (IWPA)

• Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association

• Moulding and Millwork Producers Association (MMPA)

• National Association of Home Builders

• National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO)

• National Association of the Remodeling Industry

• National Hardwood Lumber Association (NHLA)

• National Home Furnishings Association (NHFA)

• National Kitchen and Bath Association

• National Lumber and Builidng Material Dealers Association (NLBMDA)

• National Wood Flooring Association

• National Wooden Pallet & Container Association

• North American Building Materials Distribution Associations (NBMDA)

• North American Laminate Flooring Association (NALFA)

• Piedmont Triad Partnership

• Professional Woodworkers Guild of Upper New Jersey

• Stairway Manufacturers Association

• Window and Door Manufacturers Association (WDMA)

• Wood Component Manufacturers Association (WCMA)

• Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America (WMMA)

• Wood Products Manufacturers Association (WPMA)

• Woodwork Career Alliance (WCA)

• Woodwork Institute

• Woodworking Machinery Industry Association

• Women in the Home Industry Today (WithIt)

 

Canadian-Based Trade Associations

• Architectural Woodwork Manufacturers Association of Canada (AWMAC)

•  BC Wood

• Bluewater Wood Alliance

• Business & Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA)

• Canada Wood

• Canadian Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association (CHPVA)

• Canadian Home Builders Association

• Canadian Kitchen Cabinet Association (CKCA)

• Quebec Furniture Manufacturers Association (QFMA)

• Canadian Plywood Association

• Canadian Wood Council (CWC)

• Canadian Wooden Pallet and Container Association

• Canadian Woodworking Machinery Distributors Association (CWMDA)

• CertiWood- Canadian Plywood

• Coast Forest Products Association (CFLA)

• Composite Panel Association

• Council of Forest Industries (COFI)

• Fenestration Canada (formerly CWDMA)

• Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC)

• Ontario Wood Products Export Association (OWPEA)

• Quebec Furniture Manufacturers Association

• Quebec Wood Export Bureau (Q-WEB)

• Western Red Cedar Export Association (WRCEA)

• Wood Component Manufacturers Association (WCMA)

• Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America (WMMA)

• Wood Manufacturing Council (WMC)

• Wood Products Manufacturers Association (WPMA)

• Woodlinks

• Woodworking Machinery Industry Association (WMIA)

 

Industry Trade Shows

• AWFS Fair, Las Vegas

• Closets & Home Organization Conference & Expo, U.S.

• GlobalShop, Las Vegas

• International Woodworking Machinery & Furniture Supply Fair (IWF), Atlanta

• interzum, Cologne, Germany

• Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS)

• Ligna Hannover, Hannover, Germany

• NeoCon, Chicago

• Woodworking Machinery & Supply Expo (WMS), Toronto

• Xylexpo, Italy