Associated Products and Services

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An APS Member is an individual, partnership, corporation, association or a division, subsidiary or department of a company, engaged in the manufacturing, distribution or the providing of associated products or services that are directly related to, or in direct support of, the manufacturing, storage, fabrication or distribution of plastics.

  • Solidify your connections with access to performance plastics fabricators, distributors and manufacturers
  • Prime access to performance plastics companies that purchase a variety of equipment and services to support their company
Influence
  • Shape the industry through active involvement
  • Use of the IAPD member logo on your website
  • Shows you’re committed to excellence, a code of ethics and the industry in general
  • Awards for excellence
  • Free placement for press releases, product releases and literature promotions
Access
  • The manufacturing channel for plastics stock shapes and PVF, including resin manufacturers/distributors, manufacturers and fabricators
  • A channel that brings your products to the OEMs/MROs
  • An “on the ground” sales force through manufacturers, your first point of contact in the supply chain
  • Business partners, technical specification resources, supplier and machining resources
Training
  • IAPD Plastics Certificate Programs
  • Free webinars
  • Technical sessions
  • Quarterly economic reports
  • Plastics property tables
  • AEA University of Innovative Distribution discounts
  • NAW discounts
Advocacy
  • IAPD promotes the sustainability of performance plastics to local and national legislators and regulators
  • IAPD presents a powerful unified voice for the industry with the IAPD Plastics Political Action Committee (PAC)
Cost Savings & Benefits
  • Free subscriptions for your key staff to critical information resources such as Performance Plastics, the top publication exclusively for and about the plastics distribution industry
  • Free registration to IAPD’s monthly webinars
  • Free listing in the IAPD Membership Directory and IAPD Source Guide (both in print and online)
  • 40% discount on educational offerings such as registrations for the annual IAPD Convention and the IAPD Plastics Certificate Programs
  • 40% discount on exhibit booth rates
  • 15% discount on print and online advertising
  • IAPD member rates for affiliated programs (e.g., insurance)

 

 

 

 

 

Membership Qualifications

Sec. 2. Associated Products, Services (APS) and Other Member:
An APS Member is an individual, partnership, corporation, association or a division, subsidiary or department of a company engaged in the manufacturing, distribution or the providing of associated products or services that are directly related to, or in direct support of, the manufacturing, storage, fabrication or distribution of plastics. Employment recruiters are not eligible for IAPD membership. An APS member must add value to the plastics distribution supply chain, subscribe to the IAPD’s Code of Ethics and conduct their business activities to not be detrimental to the welfare and/or interests of the Association.

Sec 2A.
Allied Associations. An association composed of companies engaged in the manufacture and distribution of plastic products, such as sheet, rod, tube, film, resin, pipe, valves or fittings, which meets the following eligibility requirements:
(a) The association has been in existence for over one year. 
(b) The association’s members conduct their businesses in a manner which is consistent with the IAPD’s Code of Ethics, provided however, that due consideration will be given to the customs and practices of the geographic region in which the members operate. 
(c) The association and its members conduct business in compliance with applicable governmental regulations and laws, including United States’ antitrust laws when and where they are applicable.

Exceptions to any of the foregoing requirements for any category of membership may

Code of Ethics