Associations

American Furniture Manufacturers Association

AFMA is the nation's largest trade association for furniture manufacturers. The Association is dedicated to promote the growth and development of the furniture industry and improving the effectiveness and efficiency of furniture manufacturers in the United States.

Associations

The American Ladder Institute

e-Mail : ron_pietrzak@smithbucklin.com

“First incorporated in 1947,the American Ladder Institute (ALI) has emerged as the national trade association representing America’s ladder industry, which generates in excess of $850 million in sales annually”. “ALI was founded to serve primarily as a national meeting ground for small, family-owned, wood ladder businesses”.

Value-Added Products (AME-KIT)

Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers® (AWFS®)

Contact to: info@awfs.org

AWFS has an international membership that includes manufacturers and distributors of machinery, hardware, lumber, upholstery materials, bedding, wood products and other supplies to furniture and cabinet manufacturers. Their mission is “to provide programs and services, which benefit their members and promote a growing and financially sound woodworking and furnishings industry”.

Home Furnishings International Assoc.

Contact: info@hfia.com

“HFIA is a trade association for the home furnishings industry”. They provide services, such as low merchant Visa/Mastercard rates, Health/Life insurance and consumer finance program. They also provide group discounts on business forms, long distance telephone service, books and car rentals.

Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association

Contact: Online e-mail

“The Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association (KCMA) is a voluntary non-profit industry trade association originally founded in 1955. Currently, KCMA has over 360 members located in the United States and Canada who manufacture kitchen cabinets and bath vanities, countertop fabricators or supply goods and services to the industry”.

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