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Left to right: Ralf Atzor, Blum vice president of engineering; Andreas Thurner, Blum apprenticeship manager; Cherie K. Berry, NC Commissioner of Labor; and graduates: Andrew Jones, Josh Setzer and Jason Loftis.
Patty Steiner
CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR 2009 FRESH WOOD STUDENT COMPETITION
The deadline for entries for the AWFS 2009 Fresh Wood Student Woodworking Competition will be May 1, 2009.
The design competition is open to full-time students in an accredited high school or post-secondary woodworking or related program and part-time students in an accredited post-secondary woodworking or related program that are transitioning into a career in woodworking or design. Categories include case goods, chairs, class project, open, production, reproduction and tables.
Finalist designs will be on display at the AWFS®Fair in Las Vegas, July 15-18, 2009.
Updates for the 2009 competition
The $2,500 grant given to the Best of Show winner’s school will now be called the Larry Hilchie School Grant Award, in honor of Hilchie, who passed away in April. Hilchie was a member of the AWFS Board of Directors and was the chair of the AWFS Education Committee.
Projects entered in the competition must be completed at the time of entry with the exception of the finish coating. This new policy is designed to allow the judges more equitable comparisons of projects.
Final judging will take place on July 14 at the AWFS®Fair. Winners will be announced at the GALA Awards Dinner on Friday, July 17 at the Las Vegas Hilton. All finalists will also be featured in the fourth volume of the hardcover publication Fresh Wood, which will be available in Spring 2010.
The competition will once again have “front and center” billing at the AWFS Fair.
The student designs will be displayed in the main lobby of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
More than 200 entries were received for the 2007 Fresh Wood student competition.
AWFS distributed $24,000 in prize money for 35 pieces. Winning projects included a regulation pool table, a wooden sink, an acoustic guitar, a variety of contemporary design pieces as well as classic reproductions that included Arts and Crafts style furniture, Maloof rockers and a Philadelphia secretary desk.
All of the forms and guidelines for the 2009 Fresh Wood Competition can be accessed at www.awfsfair.org or by contacting AWFS at (800) 946-2937.
SUPPLIER BRIEFS
Blum honors 2008 apprenticeship program graduates
Apprenticeship 2000 partnership companies honored their 2008 program graduates on Aug. 20, 2008, at Joe Gibbs Racing. The 10 graduates completed a total of 8,000 hours of training over the last four years, with 1,800 of those hours at Central Piedmont Community College. Graduates earned an associate’s degree in manufacturing technology, a journeyman’s certification from the North Carolina Department of Labor and are guaranteed a job within their partner company starting at a minimum salary of $34,000.
Apprenticeship 2000 is now in its 14th year. The partner companies that comprise the program itself are: Ameritech Die & Mold, Inc., Blum Inc., Max Daetwyler Corp., Pfaff Molds, Sarstedt, Timken, Central Piedmont Community College and the North Carolina Department of Labor. Each year, Apprenticeship 2000 recruits from 27 high schools in six surrounding counties and from the workforce of participating companies. The program offers training and careers in the following areas: tool and die maker, electronics technician, CNC machinist, mold and plastics technician, machine technician and welding fabricator.
PEOPLE
• Patty Streiner has joined the Indiana Furniture sales team as Northeast regional sales manager. The Northeast region consists of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, New Jersey and all the New England area. Streiner brings a great deal of experience, an excellent reputation and enthusiasm to the Indiana Furniture team.
• Director of marketing and sales for Klise Manufacturing, Tracy Sianta, was recently appointed to the board of the Forest Products Society, Great Lakes Section. Founded in 1947, the Forest Products Society is an international not-for-profit association that fosters innovation and research in the environmentally sound processing and use of wood and fiber resources for all segments of the forest products industry.
Wood Digest & Surface Fabrication To Host Webinar On 3cm Solid Surface
Surface Fabrication magazine in conjunction with Wood Digest will be hosting a live webinar titled “Opportunities in 3cm Solid Surface,” which is sponsored by Eos Surfaces, on Oct. 28 at 1 p.m. CST.
The webinar will discuss the benefits of working with 3cm solid surface and provide opportunities for fabricators to have their questions on the subject answered. The event is intended to be a useful educational tool for not only those already fabricating ½-in. solid surface, but also woodworkers and laminate fabricators considering the fabrication of solid surface.
The webinar will include a manufacturer’s presentation on the benefits of 3cm material that does not require edge buildups or lamination, as well as a presentation by end users that are currently working with the material. All attendees of the event will have an opportunity to ask questions of the presenters, and no software downloads are required for most.
More information and event registration is available at www.surfacefabrication.com/webcast.
