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Calling All Hardwood Industry Stakeholders!

HMA’s National Conference and Expo 2023 is just around the corner, and for the next six weeks, it’s full steam ahead for our March 22-24 event at the JW Marriott Nashville. If your name is missing from the most current registration list, you can change that, because this is the HMA event that is open […]

Learn, Lead And Grow With NAWLA In 2023

Happy New Year from your friends at NAWLA! NAWLA is excited to be planning a series of events in 2023 that are designed to help connect members and solve common industry challenges together – beginning with NAWLA’s annual Leadership Summit in March. NAWLA 2023 Leadership Summit is Fast-Approaching Taking place March 12-14 in Palm Desert, […]

Changing The Hearts And Minds

While all of us in the wood products industry know we have a great story to tell, we still have work to do to get that story out to many in the broader public. There are a number of ways to do that, and we at AWC have been pursuing several avenues – YouTube videos, […]

APA Honors Tony Vuksich As 2022 Bronson J. Lewis Award Recipient

Tony Vuksich has been named the 2022 Bronson J. Lewis honoree. Vuksich was presented with the award at the APA Annual Meeting in Aventura, Florida. The meeting took place Oct. 15-18, 2022. The award is named in honor of the late Bronson Lewis, who served for 24 years as secretary and then executive vice president […]

How Prefab Wood Can Make Housing More Affordable

The need for more affordable housing in the U.S. is well known. The Housing Coalition’s 2020 annual report showed that rental rates are out of reach for nearly every worker in the bottom 50 percent of the national wage distribution. And with research showing that housing is a major social determinant of essential health and […]

HMA’s National Conference and Expo: A Catalyst For Change

2022 may be in the rearview mirror, but the challenges of last year – labor shortages, supply chain constraints, product shortages, inflation – remain front and center. Now, if yours’ is the ‘glass-half-empty’ mindset, 2023 is looking bleak. But for us ‘glass-half-full’ enthusiasts, we’re hyped and ready to get this new year started. And we’d […]

AHEC Reaches Hundreds Of Architects And Industry Professionals At Perspective In Venice

AHEC participated in this year’s Perspective, held by leading Italian design magazine The Plan, that serves as a major networking and inspirational event for leading European architects, building engineers, designers, and other key industry figures. As part of our long-term strategy to “pull” demand by targeting decision makers along the specification value chain, AHEC’s European […]

WCMA New Year, New Opportunities To Connect

As we wrap up 2022, I am grateful that the WCMA was able to add value to WCMA members by creating opportunities to network, participate in pertinent industry informational sessions, and meet in person and tour manufacturing facilities. In November of 2022, over 70 WCMA and WMMA Members participated in the joint Wood Component Manufacturers […]

Election 2022—New Congress Starting To Take Shape

While the dust has not yet settled (at presstime) on the 2022 midterm election, it’s safe to say that an early top line narrative doesn’t include a major “Red Wave” that many experts predicted for the mid-term election. That said, there were some important takeaways from Tuesday, November 8th elections. For one, voter interest and […]

Step Up To The Challenge

By now you have heard about the Real American Hardwood Coalition. If not, then this is your call to action. If you are sick of hearing about the RAHC, then this is your call to react. Either way, let me sum up in two sentences what the RAHC is. The Real American Hardwood Coalition unites […]