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Click here to return to this month's Article Index The Cutting Edge™ - September 2004IWF 2004 RecapIWF 2004 a Success The 2004 International Woodworking Machinery & Supply Fair (IWF) put an exclamation point on the woodworking industry's recovery. The four-day event, held August 26-29 at the Georgia World Congress Center, drew rave reviews from the vast majority of exhibitors who interacted with the staffs of Wood & Wood Products, Custom Woodworking Business and CLOSETS magazines. Representatives of woodworking machinery were particularly impressed with the quality of booth traffic at their booths and most importantly their seemingly strong intent to buy. Representatives of exhibiting companies including Thermwood said they wrote up more orders on the first day of the show than any other show's first day ever. Pre-registration of 20,912 was 3.6% above that of 2002, according to James Wulfekuhle, IWF director of marketing and communication. He also noted that the show's 1,372 exhibitors was a record and display space of 832,813 net square feet was the second largest in IWF's history. Table of Contents
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