August 2017 Chairman of the Board's Message: Send 'Em to Camp! The WMIA-sponsored Wood Technology Industry Institute (WTII) Boot Camp, held at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, KS, is an overview of how a real shop runs, and it’s one…
Send 'Em to Camp!! If you want your staff to better understand the how your customers’ woodshops operate and their manufacturing processes, one of the best things you can do is send your sales and customer service people, and technicians…
Biesse will be hosting its 2017 Fall Tech Tour offering a unique event experience in Italy with a full week of activities from October 14-21.
WMIA finalists include; Accuride, Bacci America, Biesse, C.R. Onsrud, Komo, Laser Products Industries, Leitz Tooling Systems, Lockdowel, Rev-A-Shelf, Riverside Tool Corp., Salice, SCM Group NA.
July 2017 President's Message: Here's How You Can Help Us! If you've been thinking about how to get more involved in WMIA activities, or if you have staff you'd like to get involved in something that doesn't involve travel to…
Standards Update SUMMER 2017 EDITION A quarterly piece in the WMIA newsletter to keep you informed about WMIA-administered US/ISO TAG activities. I’m happy to report that we are just a few months from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) publishing…
Here's How You Can Help WMIA... When I speak to members, I sometimes hear things like, "I wish I could get more involved in WMIA, but I really can't take the time away to attend WIC," or, "How can we…
May/June 2017 Chairman of the Board's Message: A New Chairman's Welcome: At the recent Woodworking Industry Conference (WIC) in Palm Springs, CA, David Rakauskas of Colonial Saw Co., Inc. became WMIA's new Chairman of the Board. (See related story below.)…
Excited and Ready to Go! I’m honored and excited to become WMIA’s new Chairman of the Board, and the timing couldn’t be better. The chairmen/presidents who preceded me, Scott Mueller, John Park, and John Henderson, and the boards they led,…
Balancing Work and Personal Enjoyment with Family and Friends Kingston is a coastal community in Southeastern Massachusetts located about 35 miles south of Boston. The town was originally known as the North Precinct of Plymouth. The town's early history was…