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AFA Signs MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING with Malaysia 

AFA Signs MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING with Malaysia 

International Furnishing Industry leaders witnessed the recent signing of the MOU between the Malaysian Furniture Council, the official representative body of Malaysian furniture industry, and the Australian Furniture Association, representing the national interests...

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AFA Members, Porta’s un-sung hero DOWEL.  

AFA Members, Porta’s un-sung hero DOWEL.  

WOW! will be your first reaction when you see what FMD architects (and builder/carpenter) have created with AFA Members, Porta's un-sung hero DOWEL. "The timber dowel has become an unlikely design hero in this Melbourne home renovation, being used as both a decorative...

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What is Neolith?

What is Neolith?

Former AFA Member Moss Furniture is one of few Australian retailers using Neolith in furniture.Neolith is a surface material developed for a range building and decorating applications. Natural yet non-porous, lightweight yet hard-wearing. It’s easy to see why Neolith...

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Aligning Business and People Strategies

Business leaders spend considerable time and energy developing business strategies and seek to align all business activities to ensure optimisation of effort, business growth and sustainability.  This should always include the people within a business. For example,...

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Sure you can buy direct from China!

Sure you can buy direct from China!

This is an article from Graham Smith CEO Innova Group that he wrote in a LinkedIn forum we thought we would share with you -  Keeping costs low and profits high have always been fundamental in business. One source of low-cost furniture items is buying from China....

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Australian Training Awards

Australian Training Awards

Are you a Furnishing Industry business employer that supports the nationally recognised training programs for your employees? Since 1994, the Australian Training Awards have recognised the outstanding achievements of apprentices, trainees, vocational students,...

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