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 Mark your calendar with these important dates for 2004. July 15-17 July 29-31 August 24-25 August 26-29 September 18-22 September 20-24 September 29-30 October 14-20 November 4-6 December 2 |
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Attention AFMA Supplier Members!As a member of AFMA’s Supplier Division, have you ever wondered which AFMA meetings you are invited to attend? The answer is, all of them! All Supplier Division members are urged to attend the July 15-17 annual meeting in Myrtle Beach, S.C., which is being held in conjunction with the annual meetings for manufacturing executives in the transportation, purchasing and information technology areas. However, some companies within the Suppliers Division may find other meetings on the summer agenda that suit their information and networking needs. Financial services and marketing companies, for example, will want to mark their calendars for the July 29-31 meeting at the Crowne Plaza Resort in Hilton Head, S.C. This meeting will offer informative sessions for marketing and public relations professionals concurrent with sessions designed for financial executives. The two groups will have several opportunities to enjoy networking and social events together. Environmental services companies and those supplying products or services in the human resources or safety areas should make the September 20-24 conference-expo at the Renaissance Suites Hotel in Charlotte a priority. This event will offer three highly specialized tracks for professionals in the environmental, HR and safety areas, as well as three informative keynote sessions for all attendees. It also is the only AFMA meeting that offers suppliers the opportunity to participate in a full-scale expo designed to spotlight their products and services. These meetings provide suppliers with occasions to network with special groups of manufacturing executives – often the ones directly responsible for using the supplier’s products or services. The association’s Annual Meeting, on the other hand, offers suppliers the opportunity to interact with top executives of manufacturing companies. Always the premier event of the year, the Annual Meeting will be November 4-6 at The Cloister at Sea Island, Ga. All supplier companies also are invited to attend AFMA’s annual Economic Outlook Conference December 2 at the Ballantyne Resort Hotel in Charlotte, N.C. The conference features both industry and economic outlooks from leading business consultants and analysts. Plan Now for 2004 IWF Exhibitor and attendee information for the 2004 International Woodworking Machinery & Furniture Supply Fair is available online at www.iwf2004.com. IWF is the largest tradeshow of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. AFMA Supplier Division members receive up to a 20 percent discount on booth rental (not to exceed membership dues). The 2004 event is slated August 26-29 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. IWF is owned and sponsored by AFMA, the Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America and Woodworking Machinery International Association. It was recently named one of the 50 fastest growing tradeshows in North America by Tradeshow Week magazine in recognition of its growth in net square footage from 2000 to 2002. |