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Awards Program
WOODEN
GLOBE
AWARDS:
TECHNOLOGY,
INNOVATION
& EDUCATION
MEET THE WINNERS OF THIS
YEAR’S COVETED WMIA WOODEN
GLOBE AWARDS.
Each year the Woodworking Machin- ery Industry Association recognizes extraordinary wood manufacturing companies with the prestigious
Wooden Globe Awards. The highly anticipated
Wooden Globe Awards event — held each
spring during the suppliers’ Woodworking Industry Conference — honors notable success
and achievements in applying high technology
machinery and software supplied by WMIA’s
member companies.
A separate award is reserved for the field of
education, underscoring the importance wood
machinery suppliers place on training, work
skills, and development of our industry’s future
leaders.
Award-winning categories
Awards are given in the three categories according
to the following criteria:
Commitment to Excellence Through
Technology: Nominees for this award
represent the value of continued investments
in high technology machinery — investments necessary to compete successfully in
today’s global market. A criteria of the award
is that a significant portion of the machinery
investments have been made through WMIA
member companies. The owner and top management must be strong advocates of using
high-technology machinery to maximize profits
and maintain a competitive edge. The 2017
winner for this category was Haas Cabinet.
(See below for more on Haas Cabinet.)
Innovator of the Year: Nominees for the
Innovator Award are honored for producing
a unique or innovative wood-based product,
or for using an innovative process to produce
the product, incorporating high technology
machinery in the process. This year’s winner
was Crystal Cabinet Works Inc. (Read more
about Crystal Cabinet Works below.)
Educator of the Year: This award goes
to an educational institution or company with
a structured curriculum tailored to training
individuals for careers in the woodworking
industry. Criteria for the award requires hands-on training on high technology machinery supplied by one or more WMIA member companies. The winner of this category was the New
England School of Architectural Woodworking.
(See more information about NESAW, below.)
The WMIA Wooden Globe Award itself is
a cherry wood globe cut from a solid block.
Since 2007, Pittsburg State University has
been WMIA’s source for producing it. PSU’s
involvement began in 2001 when it first won
the Educator award.
For more information about WMIA and the
Wooden Globe award program, visit WMIA.org.
Meet the 2017 Wooden Globe
winners
The 2017 WMIA Wooden Globe Awards were presented April 27 in ceremonies at the annual Woodworking Industry Conference in Rancho Mirage,
California.
Based in Sellersburg, Indiana, Haas
Cabinet is a family owned business that has
been manufacturing kitchen cabinetry in the
United States for more than 75 years. An
environmentally sustainable manufacturer, the
company was one first firms to adapt to UV
finishing and significantly reduce VOC emissions. Products also meet CARB II regulations
WMIA awards Wooden Globes for Commitment to Excellence Through Technology, Innovator of the Year and Education of the Year. This year’s winners were Haas Cabinet, Crystal
