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The full-scale international fair features exhibitors from the entire home and commercial furnishings industry and includes manufacturers and distributors of machinery, hardware, lumber, upholstery, materials and other supplies to furniture, cabinet manufacturers and custom woodworkers. Housed in the Las Vegas Convention Center’s Central and North Halls, AFWS®Fair will offer more than 500,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space.
AWFS®Fair also offers attendees the most comprehensive educational seminar program in the industry. Highly popular programs from the 2007 show will be repeated including the OSHA Safety Training (participants will receive the OSHA certificate upon completion of the course which is conducted in two five-hour sessions over two days), key financial workshops and a series on lean manufacturing, including an all-day Hands-On Lean Simulation Training (attendees are actively engaged in transitioning a mock company from a traditional manufacturing plant setting into a lean environment).
New to the fair will be “Going Green,” a track featuring a set of environmentally oriented seminar topics. Material covered will include emerging green standards affecting wood products, adhesives and finishes; forest certification programs and chain of custody issues; and sessions designed to help industry professionals understand the requirements of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system, a green building certification program created by the U.S. Green Building Council. The full CWWK program will be available online in March 2009.
The Special Machinery and Relevant Technology (SMART) sessions will be featured again in the 2009 show. The SMART sessions take place in the early morning on the exhibit floor will give attendees a first hand look at new technologies and machine processes.
“AWFS®Fair 2009 will be a swarm of activity,” says Angelo Gangone, Executive Vice President, AWFS. “In addition to seeing new machinery and tools to make woodworking easier, attendees can attend education seminars and view small-shop pavilion demonstrations.”
