wmia wooden globe award

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WMIA Wooden Globe Award winners throughout the years

The Woodworking Machinery Industry Association recognizes extraordinary wood manufacturing companies with the prestigious Wooden Globe Awards. The awards honor notable success and achievements in applying high technology machinery and software supplied by WMIA’s member companies. A separate award is reserved for the field of education, underscoring the importance wood machinery suppliers place on training, work skills, and development of our industry’s future leaders. The following is a listing of all WMIA Wooden Globe Award winners, from 1988-2017.

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A New Woodworking Academy Headed to National Prominence

The Peyton, CO School District has taken the first step to creating a woodworking program that will become national in scale. That first step was the opening of a dedicated woodworking school in Peyton, CO on the site of a former middle school campus. Enrollment in the current academic year is expected to reach 60 students. For the 2016-2017 school year, 120 students are expected.