International Wood Flooring Association Now Accepting New Members

Students and instructors at IWFA's second Extreme Wood Floors School held Feb. 25–March 1, 2019.The International Wood Flooring Association (IWFA), an organization for wood flooring industry professionals around the globe, is now accepting membership applications.

IWFA was formed last year with the intent to “unite all segments of the global wood flooring industry and its professionals as a worldwide, inclusive community,” according to its website. It also aims to advance technical education of the craft, and has so far held two Extreme Wood Floors Schools at Castlewood Corporation Tell City, Ind. The most recent school was led by industry elites Howard Brickman of Brickman Consulting (Norwell, Mass.); Avedis Duvenjian and Vartan Arutyunian of Archetypal Imagery Corp. (New York); and Greg Ceglarski of Scribed Flooring (Brisbane, Australia).

IWFA membership fees are as follows:

Contractor: $100

Manufacturer: $300

Inspector: $100

Distributor: $250

Media: $100

IWFA will review and accept other wood flooring trade association certifications and issue an equivalent technical certificate, it says.

All IWFA members also receive a complimentary subscription to Wood Floor Business Magazine. To join IWFA, go here.