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On appropriate occasions, Trade Shows, Inc. honors deserving businesses and individuals through:

  • WHO (Woodworkers Helping Others) Awards honoring humanitarian efforts
  • G.R.A.B.S. (Go Right Ahead, Build Something) cabinet assembly competitions
  • AWFI Finishing contests

To date, TSI Expos has presented awards and contributions totaling more than $50,000 honoring the following recipients. Click on any award for more information. Visit individual expo web sites for award nomination forms and contest entry details.

2004 New England Industrial Woodworking Expo
  GRABS Award Winner: Joe Pine, AAA Balaban Construction, Plainview, NY
  WHO Award Winner: Edward Leon Fink, former CED of Wood Technology

2004 Northwest Industrial Woodworking Expo
  GRABS Award Winner: Alan Galbraith, Interwest Cabinet, Vernon, British Columbia
  WHO Award Winner: Will Sampson, Editor of Cabinetmaker magazine

2004 Carolinas Industrial Woodworking Expo
  GRABS Award Winner: Doyle Dezio, Top Shop, Forest City, NC
  WHO Award Winner: Wilf Torunski, Executive Director of WoodLINKS USA

2003 Midwest Industrial Woodworking Expo
  GRABS Award Winner: Shane Marquardt, Sandenwood, Inc., Rio, WI
  WHO Award Winner: Jim Scarlett, President, Scarlett Machinery

2003 Florida Industrial Woodworking Expo
  GRABS Award Winner: Rick Regel, Architectural Wooworking

2003 Mid-Atlantic Industrial Woodworking Expo
  GRABS Award Winner: Jim Stuart, Northern Cabinetry, Dallas, PA
  WHO Award Winner: Bob Salvatelli, Branch Manger, Atlantic Plywood, Quakertown, PA

2003 Carolinas Industrial Woodworking Expo
  GRABS Award Winner: Doyle Dezio, The Top Shop, Forest City, NC

2002 Mid-America Industrial Woodworking Expo
  GRABS Award Winner: Marvin Borkholder, Swinecreek Woodworking

2002 Northwest Industrial Woodworking Expo
  GRABS Award Winner: Mark Wiebe, Surrey, British Columbia
  WHO Award Winner: Wally Wise, Woodworker, Seattle, WA

2002 New England Industrial Woodworking Expo
  WHO Award Winner: Doug Ouchakof, Sales Manager, Pac,-Rite, Inc. Newington, CT

2002 Carolinas Industrial Woodworking Expo
  WHO Award Winner: Lori Miller, VP/Finance/Administration, LEUCO Tool Corporation, Ingleside, IL

2001 Florida Industrial Woodworking Expo
  WHO Award Winner: Honoring all expo exhibitors and guests

2001 Midwest Industrial Woodworking Expo
  WHO Award Winner: Doug Rappe

2001 Mid-Atlantic Industrial Woodworking Expo
  WHO Award Winner: Ed Birdsall, President, Fessenden Hall, Pennsauken, NJ

2001 Carolinas Industrial Woodworking Expo
  WHO Award Winner: Ross Goble, Eastern Sales Manager, Komo Machine, Sauk Rapids, MI

2000 Midwest Industrial Woodworking Expo
  WHO Award Winner: Carl Eckelman and Eva Haviarova, Purdue University

2000 New England Industrial Woodworking Expo
  WHO Award Winner: Al Bibeau, Executive Director, WPMA, Westminster, MA

2000 Carolinas Industrial Woodworking Expo
  WHO Award Winner: Bill Sale, VP of Engineering, Broyhill Industries, Lenoir, NC