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About the American Hardware Manufacturers Association (AHMA)

AHMA is a globally focused trade association of manufacturers, or providers, of hardware, home improvement, lawn and garden, paint and decorating, building and construction and related products, as well as manufacturers' representative's agencies and trade publications.

AHMA offers many valuable member and industry programs, services and activities including the AHMA Hardlines Technology Forum, AHMA / USA International Pavilions, AHMA Advantage GPO, The Hard Fax: Home Improvement Industry News, The Hard Fax International: Home Improvement Industry News from Around the World, the AHMA Home Improvement Industry Confidence Index, Government Relations Programs, Member Benefit Vendor Programs, the AHMA Hardware Industry Relief Effort (HIRE) and the AHMA / Habitat for Humanity Partnership.

About The Hard Fax

The Hard Fax: Home Improvement Industry News, an AHMA publication, is published weekly for executives in the home improvement and home goods industries. Subscriptions are provided as a benefit for members of the American Hardware Manufacturers Association (AHMA) and are $229 per year for non-members.

The Hard Fax International: Home Improvement Industry News from Around the World is a bi-weekly news publication covering the international hardware/home improvement industry. If your company does business globally, or is thinking of expanding beyond the borders of the U.S., then The Hard Fax International is for you. Subscriptions are provided at no cost to members of the American Hardware Manufacturers Association (AHMA) and are available for just $229 per year for non-members.

A combination subscription is also available for $349 per year.

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Terrence V. Gallagher is the Editor & Publisher of AHMA's The Hard Fax: Home Improvement Industry News and The Hard Fax International: News from Around the World. He is the former Editor-in-Chief of Hardware Age magazine and was the Editorial Director of Chilton's Home & Yard Care Group of publications. He has been writing about the home improvement industry for 25 years.