Great Lake is a manufacturer of quality wood and laminated mouldings. We have the expertise and facilities to produce moulding, wrapped profiles and custom wood parts in large quantities while maintaining the highest quality standards.
We have gained a reputation for manufacturing excellence and on-time delivery within the Architectural, Furniture, Kitchen and Bath, OEM, Picture Frame and Residential markets, as well as many others.
Using a well developed supplier base, we have access to both domestic and foreign sources of hardwood lumber, MDF, veneer, paper, vinyl and other substrates as requested.
AWFS
AWFS® is the largest national trade association in the U.S. representing the interests of the broad array of companies that supply the home and commercial furnishings industry.
Primary Goals
Strengthening the value of the AWFS®Fair for both exhibitors and attendees
Strengthening and developing industry education
Building a cohesive, industry-wide coalition to create an effective voice on Public Policy issues affecting the industry
The Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers®
AWFS® is a trade association with an international, corporate membership that includes manufacturers and distributors of machinery, hardware, lumber, upholstery materials, bedding components, wood products and other supplies to furnishings and wood products manufacturers. From its headquarters in Southern California, AWFS® works closely with other industry associations on issues of mutual concern.
AWFS is the owner and direct producer of the biennial AWFS®Fair, the largest industry show in the United States held in July of in odd-numbered years since 1967 and which celebrated its inaugural Las Vegas show in 2005.
AWFS began in 1911 as the Suppliers Chapter of the California Furniture Manufacturers Association; incorporating as a separate organization in 1979 to fulfill a major need to represent the interests of companies and individuals who supply the home and institutional furnishings manufacturing industries.
Since its inception, AWFS has donated millions of dollars toward educational programs and scholarships to the next generation of industry leaders. AWFS is also a major supporter of WoodLINKS USA, a program specifically created to revive and update vocational woodworking school programs throughout the nation and to promote the woodworking industry to a truly viable career choice for America’s youth.
In addition to its education initiatives, AWFS also actively challenges legislation that is unfair to American manufacturers to be more competitive in the ever changing global marketplace. Since AWFS reinvests the proceedings from the biennial show back into the woodworking industry, Fair supporters and participants are helping to strengthen the industry’s future.
Brown Wood Products Company
Brown Wood, Inc. is an industry leading strategic partner to manufacturers, retailers, distributors, engineers and architects seeking cost-effective, high quality wood parts, components and assemblies for a wide range of industries. Founded in 1927 and FSC certified since 2001, Brown Wood offers cutting edge capabilities, a consultative approach and a vast array of products to help each customer realize its vision, seamlessly.
Under the Brown Wood name, the firm provides front-to-back custom wood product solutions for markets including furniture, store fixture and display, hardware, toy and game, sporting goods, educational, professional and industrial.
Elipticon Wood Products
Our purpose is to enhance the value and natural beauty of quality curved windows with beautiful curved casings and extension jambs that match the wood species and profile of each home. We believe this quality conscious approach is the way to assist our window and door customers build repeat business with each of their contractors.
Elipticon achieves high customer satisfaction by working closely with select companies in trying to meet all of their changing needs on their schedule and at their convenience, at competitive prices. We do so in a way that will help promote their growth and reputation as well as our own. We recently invested considerable effort and capital upgrading our website and developing a knife profile search because it will help our customers when communicating with their own customers and closing sales.
Our commitment to excellence is also noticeable in our core values and with every member of the Elipticon team. With Elipticon, the idea of a team isn’t just rhetoric, but obvious. We are extremely committed to offering a great workplace and benefits to our employees. We focus a lot of specific attention to employee studies and methods of communication, and are very selective with every hire to ensure a healthy and productive working environment for all.
The core values outlined by employees are: Flow to customer and co-worker needs with a positive and versatile attitude. To progess as a Company and on a personal level while meeting the changing needs of our customers. Our way of life is living through work and not living to work. Finally, to achieve customer satisfaction and personal goals through teamwork (striving to win together).
GREAT LAKES CUSTOM TOOL
Great Lake Custom Tool Mfg., Inc. (GLCT) is a recognized manufacturer of the highest-quality custom cutting tools produced for the world’s woodworking industry since 1979 and the metalworking industry since 2004.
In addition to manufacturing custom tools we distribute a full range of superior quality production run tooling and machine accessories. You can also count on GLCT for custom reworking of tools to handle your most challenging jobs. We also service what we sell, as well as sharpening and retipping tooling you may have purchased elsewhere!
Our winning team has a reputation in the industry for being a “get-it-done-and-then-some” organization. Quality is the driving force at GLCT. Quality is never negotiated or compromised. Every employee shares in this objective and vision. As we state in our brochures, “Precision is the backbone of quality.” Quality is the backbone of GLCT.
LAGUNA TOOLS
As we enter our 26th year, we are extremely proud to offer serious professionals and dedicated hobbyists alike our most extensive line of woodworking products ever, including a completely new 5’, 5 Function Combination Machine that packs serious performance in a compact and versatile package.
At Laguna we have always been driven by the desire to offer woodworkers the best products available, and our commitment to never compromise in quality or performance reflects in the loyalty and appreciation we are fortunate to receive from woodworkers around the world.
This year, savvy woodworkers will appreciate the fact that we have not only broadened our line, we have also added choices when it comes to price. Due to changes in the world of international finance, a weaker dollar unfortunately has meant that some of our European-made machines may have become cost-prohibitive for woodworkers just starting up, or for small shops on a tight budget. So we decided to find a solution.
Culminating a process that began over two years ago, we are now offering several machines that are manufactured in Asia. Made by highly reputable manufacturers, these companies were carefully screened and required to meet and agree to a stringent set of design and manufacturing criteria before we engaged in business with them. Offering a comparable level of quality and performance that is found in our European machines, our new line of Asian-made equipment is an accessible option that will deliver the level of precision and results that have defined Laguna Tools since we first opened our doors.
Leonard Lumber Company
Leonard Lumber Company is a wholesale distributor of quality hardwoods, pines and mouldings. The company maintains a full inventory of kiln-dried, domestic and imported hardwoods along with Eastern, Sugar, Ponderosa and Southern Yellow Pines. Our custom mill allows us to surface two sides (S2S), three sides (S2S/RIE) and four sides (S4S) and our moulder gives us the ability to run stock or custom mouldings. Shipping is done on company trucks from our Durham, Connecticut warehouse.
Leitz Tooling Systems, Inc.
Good tools are the starting point for successfully transforming ideas into reality. True in the past, true today and will be even more so in the future. We all recall how proud we were when we held our first pocket knife in our hands; in cutting that first piece of wood we were sure that with our new skill our new tool and vision we could conquer the world.
Our products are an essential component in developing the versatile and fascinating renewable material whose natural qualities are yet to be fully utilized . . . wood.
Wood is the basic ingredient for the new composites that will open more new areas of application.
And we take much pleasure in knowing our tooling developments are the stimulation for both technical and economical successful processing methods.
Pollmeier
Pollmeier is a family-owned business that was founded in 1987 as a factory for producing edge-glued panels for the furniture industry.
Today, the company has the three largest hardwood sawmills in Europe – equipped with the most modern equipment in the world. As an internationally recognized producer of quality lumber products, Pollmeier delivers panels to the European furniture industry, flooring to Europe and North America, and has worldwide markets for our lumber. Pollmeier is an engine of innovation, we even have our own company that develops and sells new types of machinery for the sawmill business. Altogether, the Pollmeier companies produce raw lumber, furniture panels, and flooring.
Quality is our credo from start to finish. As a supplier to the furniture industry, which is very demanding, we know what is important – and we apply these standards to our flooring too. A major advantage is that our flooring and panel factories are vertically integrated with our lumber sawmills. This guarantees that Pollmeier maintains 100% control over our supply of raw lumber, which allows us to maintain consistency in quality at all times. Our quality control throughout the entire process ensures that Pollmeier will always be able to offer some of the best milled, most consistent products to our customers.
We look forward to continuing to offer some of the best flooring in the industry, and welcome you to the Pollmeier family of products.
Rockler Companies, Inc.
In 1954 my father, Nordy Rockler, started a mail order woodworking supply company in Minneapolis. It was then known as Minnesota Woodworkers Supply Company, and among the products featured in the first catalog were specialty wood veneers and hardware items such as knobs, pulls and table slides. Woodworkers responded positively to having a place where they could always get what they needed.
When I joined the company in 1969, our business was still a small one. We opened our first retail store in Minneapolis in 1978, which was then known as “The Woodworker’s Store.”
Today, our retail chain stretches across the United States and includes over 30 Rockler stores and over 60 partner store locations. See our map to find the location nearest you. Our catalog has also grown immensely, and is now mailed to millions of woodworkers worldwide. Our magazine, Woodworker’s Journal, is a leading publication dedicated to offering plans, techniques, product reviews and tips to woodworkers.
Our steady growth –– including going from 15 employees in 1969 to over 500 today; the introduction of a number of “exclusive” products; and our dedication to reaching out to both long–time woodworkers and those new to the craft, including women –– was a personal goal for me and among the proudest accomplishments of the company as a whole.
In 1998, we decided to reflect our commitment to offering hard–to–find hardware (in addition to kits, tools, lumber and our exclusive shop table line) by changing the name of both our retail and catalog operations to Rockler Woodworking and Hardware. Customers are constantly telling us how happy they are that they know they’ll be able to get the full–extension slides, restoration knobs, elbow catch or other specialized hardware they need to complete their project.
We have been on the web since 1996, and are reaching more woodworkers than ever before! Whether you’re a seasoned pro, a home–improvement enthusiast or a craftsperson, we believe you will enjoy browsing our online catalog, getting interesting tips through our email newsletter, and being the first to find out about some exciting new products! We are constantly on the lookout for new ways to make all your projects as fulfilling as they can be.
RUCA USA CORP
RUCA (USA) CORPORATION wholesales the SILENCE hinges, drawer slides and glides, hinges and other furniture hardware for homes, shops and business needs.
Ruca Chien, Founder and President of Ruca Corporation, has been in the furniture hardware business since 1973 in Taiwan, R.O.C. He successfully opened a branch in the United States at Ontario, California in the early 1990′s. Ruca USA Corporation, has been a part of the furniture and wood working industry in the United States; a supplier of drawer slides, hinges, and other furniture hardware, and has introduced the latest innovation in hardware: the SILENCE HINGE which was launched in 2004, and won the AWFS Sequoia award in 2005.
Since 1973, Ruca Group has been growing and prospering by leaps and bounds. Thanks to the valuable efforts & support of our great teams, customers, friends and stock holders. We have successfully developed the diverse industries which including notably professional hardware, knock-down furniture. Via the major operating centers and near hundred of sales agent, RUCA products are marketing all over the world.
In the face of the rapid transformation in the future and the needs of internationalization, we will thoroughly enforce ISO 9002 quality system to carry out the internationalization strategies to meet the greater challenges with firm determination.
Continuous support, advice and comments are indispensable, cordially invited and shall be very much appreciated by all of RUCA members.
Sytsems 32 Interiors
Ron Fiala, the owner of Systems 32, is a graduate of the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-ARC). He combines a strong design background with years of hands on experience building custom cabinets and furniture.
Systems 32 Interiors, Inc. manufactures custom cabinetry, furniture and millwork for the high-end residential market. We have served the greater Los Angeles area, Malibu and The South Bay since 1986 and have been at our current location in Inglewood since 1996. Our main customers are Architects, General Contractors and Interior Designers. Our capabilities as craftsmen and our desire to produce the highest quality product that the budget allows have earned us many repeat customers.
Our craftsmen have a combined total of over 60 years of cabinetmaking and furniture making experience.
Systems 32 works in combination with other craftsmen including custom metal workers and custom finishers to satisfy the requirements of virtually any cabinet or furniture design project.
TIGERSTOP
TigerStop® LLC, is the global leader in stop/gauge and pushers systems. Founded in 1994, we have deep roots in manufacturing industries and work closely with furniture, cabinet, electronics, plastics, and metalworking customers around the globe. Our customers have installed over 20,000 TigerStops in a wide variety of factory automation applications.
TigerStop is located in Vancouver, Washington where we manufacture all of our products. We have an additional manufacturing and distribution facility in Wierden, Netherlands. In addition, the TigerStop distribution network spans six continents and our products are supported in five languages.
TigerStop maintains an aggressive research and development program with over 100 patents awarded or pending.
TigerStop’s products lead in both technology and application for today’s manufacturing environments. The products can easily integrate with most machinery used in the woodworking, metal, fenestration and plastics industries.
World-class TigerStop products come with world-class TigerStop support. Experienced service technicians, on-going dealer training, and online technical resources ensure customers will be well supported. TigerStop first built a better way to measure than the tape measure and we continue to lead the market in affordable automation solutions.
Zelazoski Wood Products
Zelazoski Wood Products began as Thomas Zelazoski Manufacturing Company in 1924 in a vacant blacksmith shop in Antigo, Wisconsin. With four employees, the company manufactured mostly farm related items.
In 1928 it began producing blocks for the brush and broom industry. Growth was slow but steady and the company moved to a larger facility in 1940. Although brush and broom blocks were the main products of the company, farm related items, crutches, cutlery racks, furniture parts and other special wooden products filled in the production schedule.
The company was incorporated by Tom and his two sons, Clarence and Bernard, in 1958 under the
name of Zelazoski Wood Products, Inc. and continued its slow, steady growth. By the early 1990s, it became
impractical to put any more additions on the old facility. A new structure was built and opened in the spring of 1997. This allowed all production to come together under one roof as well as expand warehousing and customer services.
The company today is owned by five of Tom’s grandsons who are active in the business. Brush and broom blocks continue to be the main products and we continue to manufacture cutlery racks, furniture parts and special wooden parts, as well as baseball bats, game calls, fishing lure bodies and the occasional farm related item. Northern hardwoods are the main raw material used but softwoods and exotic woods can also be utilized to manufacture parts according to the customer’s specifications.
We look forward to your inquiries. Send us a drawing or sample. We will be happy to provide a quote.
California Dowel & Turnings
We are the leading manufacturer and distributor of low-cost, high quality wood working supplies. To assure high standards, every shipment is inspected by our staff prior to leaving the warehouse. We keep in stock millions of wood products, ready for immediate shipment.
It is our goal to offer prompt, helpful, and unmatched customer service to all of our clients. Please feel free to call our customer service department for any questions or inquiries.
Enriquez Materials and Quilting continually seeks the most effective ways to provide value for our customers throughout the United States, Mexico and Central America.
We have learned firsthand every phase of the mattress manufacturing process and we use that knowledge to benefit each manufacturer who selects us as their trusted supplier.
Products form the foundation that we use to build our reputation and your success.
We were the first supplier to maintain a warehouse that is stocked with every component you need. The products we select are highly regarded within the industry for durability and safety.
Service is based on your need for the convenience of turning to one supplier who will handle your needs professionally. We were the first supplier to offer custom quilted fabric.
Value is the result of consistently delivering on our promise to help you succeed through quality products and customer service offered at competitive prices.
FXI
FXI is a leading producer of foam innovation for the Home, Healthcare, Electronics, Industrial, Personal Care and Transportation Markets. Our products include finished goods, sub-assemblies, services and raw materials for OEMs, fabricators and retailers. You will find FXI’s foam innovations inside, around and under yourself in countless applications. We protect automobile passengers on the highway and fragile electronic components in shipment. We help consumers sleep sounder and furniture manufacturers create comfort. We provide for sharper images in digital printers and copiers and help consumers keep their homes clean. We provide critical components for filters, dispensers, gaskets and seals in everything from blood oxygenators to computer disk drives. To discover where FXI really shines, bring your wish list to our design and technical teams and imagine the possibilities in foam innovation.
American Packaging Supplies
American Packaging and Supply, Inc. is a privately-owned company specializing in wholesale packaging, moving, storing, shipping and wrapping supplies, based in El Paso, Texas. American Packaging USA is a small company that has proven to be a force to be reckoned with.
2005 Regional Minority Supplier/Distributor of the Year
American Packaging USA is proud to be recognized by the US Department of Commerce and the Minority Business Development Agency as the Minority Supplier/Distributor of the year in the region and was recently featured in The Journal as well. This is a testament to our proud tradition of offering only the best packing and wrapping supplies to our clients, while at the same time providing great customer service.
2005 Regional Minority Supplier/Distributor of the Year
American Packaging USA is ready to take your orders and answer your inquiries regarding packaging and wrapping supplies, barriers, labels, boxes, and all our other products. You may also reach us through our contact page or by calling us at (915) 771-8052.
Young Furniture Associates
Young Furniture Associates (YFA) is the local (Southern California) chapter of AWFS (Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers). YFA targets individuals new to the industry, promotes industry wide networking, leadership development and expands the individual’s exposure to the woodworking, upholstery and bedding industries.
Our Mission is to:
1. Assist and encourage members to achieve a better understanding of the home furnishings industry through education.
2. Raise awareness and funds for the City of Hope, primarily through our annual main event fundraiser.
3. Afford members the opportunity to develop personal relationships with others in the industry and to encourage involvement with the whole society.
IWF
International Woodworking Fair 2012 is the tradeshow where furniture manufacturing, cabinetry, architectural woodworking, material processing and related industry professionals from all over the globe will come to find the products they didn’t know existed, but that will help their company succeed. IWF is innovation, education, solutions, networking and opportunity for business success.
Management, production, operations, design – from the small shop to the large plant – industry buyers know IWF is the best place to source products, discover new ideas, network with their peers and learn from those who have already troubleshot the solutions.
Hafele
Hafele designs and markets furniture, architectural, cabinet, closet and sliding door hardware, kitchen, bath and washroom accessories, woodworking screws, connectors and other supplies. Hafele also provides Dialock radio frequency (RFID) systems for automated identification, access control and asset management.
Häfele America Co. serves the US market as a distribution organization and maintains its Corporate Office and primary Distribution Center in Archdale, North Carolina. We provide products and services to the Furniture, Cabinet, Architectural/Builders and Access Control industries.
Sales and Marketing activities focus on the needs of customers including Architects/Specifiers, Manufacturers and Retailers. A Hafele Showroom network is established in major cities in the US, including New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles . Our second Distribution center is located in Los Angeles.
IWF
International Woodworking Fair 2012 is the tradeshow where furniture manufacturing, cabinetry, architectural woodworking, material processing and related industry professionals from all over the globe will come to find the products they didn’t know existed, but that will help their company succeed. IWF is innovation, education, solutions, networking and opportunity for business success.
Management, production, operations, design – from the small shop to the large plant – industry buyers know IWF is the best place to source products, discover new ideas, network with their peers and learn from those who have already troubleshot the solutions.
Hafele
Hafele designs and markets furniture, architectural, cabinet, closet and sliding door hardware, kitchen, bath and washroom accessories, woodworking screws, connectors and other supplies. Hafele also provides Dialock radio frequency (RFID) systems for automated identification, access control and asset management.
Häfele America Co. serves the US market as a distribution organization and maintains its Corporate Office and primary Distribution Center in Archdale, North Carolina. We provide products and services to the Furniture, Cabinet, Architectural/Builders and Access Control industries.
Sales and Marketing activities focus on the needs of customers including Architects/Specifiers, Manufacturers and Retailers. A Hafele Showroom network is established in major cities in the US, including New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles . Our second Distribution center is located in Los Angeles.
WCMA
The Wood Component Manufacturers Association (WCMA) was initially organized in 1929 as the Hardwood Dimension Manufacturers Association (HDMA). The basic goals of the association were to establish and maintain specifications and commercial standards for the hardwood dimension manufacturing industry, and to aid in the development of the industry. The WCMA still maintains the “Rules & Specifications For Dimension & Woodwork.”
In 1985, the association changed its name to the National Dimension Manufacturers Association (NDMA) to reflect its growing membership base and commitment to becoming a progressive, nationally-recognized association for the entire dimension manufacturing industry. In 1996, the name was changed to Wood Component Manufacturers Association to reflect the broader range of wood component products being produced by its member companies.
Objectives of the WCMA:
Promote a friendly exchange of ideas among those engaged in the dimension & component manufacturing business.
Develop and promote a general demand for the industry’s products and services.
Collect and distribute useful economic and technical information concerning industry trends and developments.
Serve as a business referral clearinghouse by responding to inquiries from dimension & component buyers and passing this information on to its members.
Conduct seminars and meetings that will satisfy the educational needs of our members.
Establish and maintain standard rules and specifications for the dimension & components industry.
Cooperate with other wood product trade associations and appropriate government agencies to promote and protect the interests of the industry.
ShopBot Tools
ShopBot founder Ted Hall created the company to make the power and precision of CNC technology affordable by individual ‘makers’ and small to midsize manufacturers. Rather than having to invest $100K or more to use CNC technology, ShopBot Tools enables the use of digital fabrication with an investment of as little as $5000.
ShopBot is the innovator in affordable digital fabrication. Here are some of our key accomplishments in this arena:
- ShopBot pioneered affordable CNC oriented to use by individuals. The “PR” in the naming convention of our full size tools refers to Personal Robotics. As Ted Hall says, “ShopBots are to large CNC machining centers as the PCs are to mainframe computers.” These are tools that whether they are used in small shops or on factory production lines, enable and empower the capability and creativity of individuals.
- ShopBot further makes CNC tools easily usable by small shops and individuals, by providing outstanding customer support & training
- We make robust and rigid equipment that is still agile and mobile (and more easily and economically shipped and moved). We make CNC tools that also deliver power and performance with less electricity.
- Through our commitment to continuing product innovation, we developed the ShopBot Buddy and PowerStick concept for highly configurable CNC; recognized by the industry as a Challenger Award Finalist.
- We’ve partnered with Thermwood, original innovators in CNC tools, to bring a high-end cabinet program to small cabinet shops (One of our customers has referred to this as ‘NASA partnering with Apple’)
- We’ve worked with MIT on developing advanced housing construction methods
- In 2011, we introduced the first affordable 5-Axis CNC, another example of our technology leadership
At ShopBot, we want to help ensure the future of American innovation. Recent years have found ShopBot Tools increasingly used in lean manufacturing processes, in community-based hackerspaces and TechShop workshops, and in educational institutions eager to provide students with the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) skills that are marketable and needed in today’s work world.
ShopBot Tools began in the workshop/barn of Ted Hall more than 15 years ago. A professor of neuroscience at Duke University, Ted’s hobby was building plywood boats, and he was becoming frustrated by the amount of time it was taking to cut the panels for curved hulls with hand power tools. He thought a computerized cutting tool called a CNC router would be helpful, but didn’t have the $40,000 that even a used, entry-level machine would cost. So he started thinking about a practical way to make one of the tools less expensively – after all, they seemed to be just large plotters that moved a cutter instead of a pen.
Ted’s first model worked surprisingly well … and working out the details of the tool while growing excited over the possibilities of affordable CNC led him to begin spending more time designing tools than building boats.
Ted continues to lead the company from its headquarters in Durham, North Carolina, spearheading ShopBot’s ongoing innovation in software and hardware design
SCM Group USA
Tailoring Woodworking Solutions with Exceptional Service
SCM Group North America, located in Duluth, GA coordinates the distribution and support of the SCM product line to woodworking companies of all sizes in the US. As a “full solution house,” SCM Group USA’s goal is to provide customers with a superior return on their investment. Woodworking solutions are tailored to meet each customer’s requirements for capacity and durability, with certified quality standards and the latest advances in woodworking technology.
In addition to distributing the most innovative woodworking machines, we provide exceptional before and after-sales support including training, parts availability and technical service. Our onsite showroom offers hands-on machine demonstrations.
Thermwood Corporation
We are a company that operates in the capital good sector focusing on manufacturing technology. We develop, manufacture and distribute technology based products and software for manufacturing as well as provide formal technology training. Thermwood is an international company that markets its products and services through offices in 11 countries.
In the technology and capital goods area, we are the oldest manufacturer of highly flexible, high-speed machining centers known as CNC routers. We primarily market to the woodworking, aerospace, plastics and composites industries but have found applications in almost every major industry from medical to entertainment.
We are the clear technical leader in our target markets. For example, we have been granted more US patents on CNC router technology than all other CNC router manufacturers in the world, combined. Most technology found in modern CNC routers originated at Thermwood.
A primary reason for our success is a strong proprietary technical component in the products we develop and manufacture. For example, we are the only major CNC router manufacturer that designs and builds its own high-end CNC control. Our control is highly regarded and used by major aerospace, automotive, government and defense contractors for some of their most demanding applications. The main advantage of this approach is we can better integrate the control and machine and tailor the combination for our specific customers, making it simple for them to understand and easier for them to use.
Thermwood’s CNC routers are generally sold as systems, which include advanced software, the machine, machine options, tooling, formal training and ongoing support, all integrated and engineered into a complete package that is both effective and easy to use. We operate a well equipped and staffed demonstration and education facility where we demonstrate the specific system we recommend to each customer, actually producing our customers’ parts while they watch. This increases confidence and eliminates technical risk
Walzcraft Interiors Inc.
WalzCraft, a Midwest supplier to the North American Custom Cabinet Industry based in La Crosse, WI., manufactures custom cabinet doors, drawer boxes, moldings and many other varieties of cabinet components and accessories (all products are available unfinished or prefinished).
Family owned with over 300 dedicated employees, WalzCraft’s roots run deep in the Midwest culture and work ethic. Each day, small-to-medium size cabinet, closet and refacing companies from across the country rely on WalzCraft to produce exact size (+/- 1mm) components for many types of installation requirements.
Orders for a single door or 1,000 doors are configured-to-order and personally coordinated by WalzCraft owners, management, designers and production teams, from birth in the rough mill to final inspection of the finished product. This is the WalzCraft hands-on commitment to every one of our customers to ensure total product quality and your customers satisfaction .
As a leader in both product and production innovation, we continue to expand our product line to meet emerging customer needs. Our broad range of capabilities extends beyond the industry standard to include options for cabinet components and accessory products such as range hoods and face frames.
Enriquez Materials and Quilting
Enriquez Materials and Quilting continually seeks the most effective ways to provide value for our customers throughout the United States, Mexico and Central America.
We have learned firsthand every phase of the mattress manufacturing process and we use that knowledge to benefit each manufacturer who selects us as their trusted supplier.
Products form the foundation that we use to build our reputation and your success.
We were the first supplier to maintain a warehouse that is stocked with every component you need. The products we select are highly regarded within the industry for durability and safety.
Service is based on your need for the convenience of turning to one supplier who will handle your needs professionally. We were the first supplier to offer custom quilted fabric.
Value is the result of consistently delivering on our promise to help you succeed through quality products and customer service offered at competitive prices.
IWF
International Woodworking Fair 2012 is the tradeshow where furniture manufacturing, cabinetry, architectural woodworking, material processing and related industry professionals from all over the globe will come to find the products they didn’t know existed, but that will help their company succeed. IWF is innovation, education, solutions, networking and opportunity for business success.
Management, production, operations, design – from the small shop to the large plant – industry buyers know IWF is the best place to source products, discover new ideas, network with their peers and learn from those who have already troubleshot the solutions.
AWFS
AWFS® is the largest national trade association in the U.S. representing the interests of the broad array of companies that supply the home and commercial furnishings industry.
Primary Goals
Strengthening the value of the AWFS®Fair for both exhibitors and attendees
Strengthening and developing industry education
Building a cohesive, industry-wide coalition to create an effective voice on Public Policy issues affecting the industry
The Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers®
AWFS® is a trade association with an international, corporate membership that includes manufacturers and distributors of machinery, hardware, lumber, upholstery materials, bedding components, wood products and other supplies to furnishings and wood products manufacturers. From its headquarters in Southern California, AWFS® works closely with other industry associations on issues of mutual concern.
AWFS is the owner and direct producer of the biennial AWFS®Fair, the largest industry show in the United States held in July of in odd-numbered years since 1967 and which celebrated its inaugural Las Vegas show in 2005.
AWFS began in 1911 as the Suppliers Chapter of the California Furniture Manufacturers Association; incorporating as a separate organization in 1979 to fulfill a major need to represent the interests of companies and individuals who supply the home and institutional furnishings manufacturing industries.
Since its inception, AWFS has donated millions of dollars toward educational programs and scholarships to the next generation of industry leaders. AWFS is also a major supporter of WoodLINKS USA, a program specifically created to revive and update vocational woodworking school programs throughout the nation and to promote the woodworking industry to a truly viable career choice for America’s youth.
In addition to its education initiatives, AWFS also actively challenges legislation that is unfair to American manufacturers to be more competitive in the ever changing global marketplace. Since AWFS reinvests the proceedings from the biennial show back into the woodworking industry, Fair supporters and participants are helping to strengthen the industry’s future.
IWF
International Woodworking Fair 2012 is the tradeshow where furniture manufacturing, cabinetry, architectural woodworking, material processing and related industry professionals from all over the globe will come to find the products they didn’t know existed, but that will help their company succeed. IWF is innovation, education, solutions, networking and opportunity for business success.
Management, production, operations, design – from the small shop to the large plant – industry buyers know IWF is the best place to source products, discover new ideas, network with their peers and learn from those who have already troubleshot the solutions.
The Woodworking Machinery Industry Association
The Woodworking Machinery Industry Association is a trade association representing importers and distributors of woodworking machinery and ancillary equipment in North America. Founded in 1977, WMIA is the recognized voice of importers and distributors and a vital communications link between suppliers and the many manufacturers of wood products in North America.
Members include firms that import and distribute industrial woodworking machinery. Members offer equipment, technologies and services that enable North American companies to compete profitably. WMIA also helps link equipment manufacturers with reliable U.S. importers and distributors.
Our Mission
The mission of the Woodworking Machinery Industry Association is to provide the North American woodworking industry with the technology, services and information resources that enable it to compete successfully in the global marketplace while furthering partnership and cooperation amongst members in all areas of business.
AWI
The Architectural Woodwork Institute (AWI) is a nonprofit trade association founded in 1953. Today, AWI represents nearly 4000 members consisting of architectural woodworkers, suppliers, design professionals and students from around the world.
The American Home Furnishings Alliance
The American Home Furnishings Alliance is the world’s largest and most influential trade organization serving the home furnishings industry. AHFA is dedicated to fostering the growth and global well being of its member companies.
Since 1905, AHFA and its predecessor organizations have disseminated the most up-to-date management, manufacturing and technical information to member companies and acted as a watchdog against burdensome regulatory requirements and government intervention.
Recently, member companies approved new initiatives intended to broaden the scope of the organization. The name was changed to the American Home Furnishings Alliance (from the American Furniture Manufacturers Association) and membership was opened to a broader cross-section of the industry. Alliances are based on common interests, and our member companies share a profound interest in:
- Promoting industry UNITY – creating powerful partnerships capable of impacting consumers and influencing the outcome of industry issues;
- Gaining ACCESS to valuable resources and money-saving services that give their companies a competitive advantage in our rapidly changing industry; and,
- Supporting an organization with INFLUENCE over regulations and standards that impact the manufacturing, sales or marketing of home furnishings products in the United States.
Our purpose is to deliver targeted programs and services addressing these three broad common interests shared by all member companies.
Become a WoodLINKS USA Financial Partner
Investing in the Future of our Industry
The Problem
Students are not being exposed to the wood industry as a career, they are not receiving certifiable training for entry level skills, and students are not encouraged to pursue post-secondary training with the wood industry in mind in our current education system. Ask yourself one question, did your high school counselor ever say to you, have you considered the wood industry as a career?
The Solution
WoodLINKS USA (WL USA) is the most complete educational support organization for the wood industry in the United States. Currently in use by over 90 school systems, WL USA program helps over 10,000 students a year come to understand the personally and financially rewarding careers available to them in the wood industry. WL USA and its group of volunteers, teachers, and students are re-igniting a passion for woodworking careers, all across the country. With your help, we will be able to further our efforts and reach even more students eager to learn about our industry.
How do I help?
You can help by becoming a financial partner. Your financial support will help insure that the wood industry has an advocate in our education system. Please make your check payable to WoodLINKS USA and send to WoodLINKS USA PO Box 445 Tuscola, IL 61953.
