Dear Friends:

Later this month we will be pleased to exhibit at the world's largest light construction show, The International Builders Show (IBS) at the Las Vegas Convention Center, February 25-27. Please stop by and see our new ideas and concepts for furniture components, parts, and accessories. We'll be in booth W4235 and are happy to offer you free registration for the show. Just follow the link here. How bad can a few days in Las Vegas be? Especially after this winter. See you there!

Hard to believe 2025 will be our 40th Annual Design Competition for furniture components. Not finished furniture but specifically parts and components. We've had brilliant winning designs over the years and hope you will enter yours. Deadline is September 2, 2025 but wanted to give lotsa advance notice. So you can be noodling and mulling.

Last, when you think "homeless" you think "homeless". You think the whole package. Normally you don't think "shoeless". But with Los Angeles being the homeless capital for the United States (some 50,000_) there are many homeless without shoes. For the last 7 years we have supported LA's Shoes for the Homeless 501(c)3 charity. Thanks to your generous donations in 2024, we were able to donate 129 pairs of shoes.

May 2025 be an outstanding year for you and your ventures.

Cordially,
Douglas A.J. Mockett
President