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IAPD Membership Application

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Criteria

Pursuant to IAPD Bylaws, Article IV — Membership

Sec. 1A. Distributor Membership. Any partnership, corporation, or a division, subsidiary or department of a company who is engaged in the stocking and wholesale distribution of plastics (e.g., sheet, rod, tube, film, resin, pipe, fittings and valves). Distributor members must subscribe to IAPD’s Code of Ethics and meet all of the following eligibility requirements: (a) Derives at least 50 percent of the company’s gross plastics sales from wholesale distribution or has at least $5 million dollars in revenues from such sales; and (b) Holds at least $100,000 in raw plastic material inventory at all times; and (c) Performs for three or more plastics manufacturers the normally accepted functions of warehousing, selling and invoicing plastics supplies and accessories to customers; and (d) Has been engaged in plastics distribution for one or more years; and (e) Provides three reference letters from manufacturers attesting to the commitment of the organization to the plastics distribution channel, qualification of IAPD membership and verification that the applicant warehouses, sells and invoices plastics supplies and accessories to customers for the manufacturer.

Sec. 1B. Processor Membership. Any partnership, corporation, or a division, subsidiary or department of a company who is engaged in downstream processing of plastic sheet, rod, tube, film, pipe, valves and fittings. Eligible processors include companies that bend, machine, weld or bond stock plastic; or are engaged in film conversion. Processors that would be eligible for membership are fabricators, machine shops and film converters. Processor members must subscribe to IAPD’s Code of Ethics, and meet all of the following eligibility requirements: (a) Derives at least 25 percent of revenues from value-added services (excluding cutting), such as bending, gluing, welding, routing, assembly, forming, milling, turning, slitting, sheeting, laminating, etc. on plastics materials; and (b) Purchases at least 50 percent or $1 million of its plastic materials through plastics distribution or plastics manufacturing; and (c) Has been engaged in plastics processing for one or more years; and (d) Provides three reference letters from plastics distributors, manufacturers or associated products and services companies attesting to the commitment of the organization to the plastics distribution channel, qualification of IAPD membership and verification that the applicant purchases plastic sheet, rod, tube, film or pipe, valves and fittings through plastics distributors or plastics manufacturers.

Sec. 1C. Manufacturer/Supplier Membership. Any partnership, corporation, or a division, subsidiary or department of a company who is engaged in the manufacture or supply of plastics (e.g., sheet, rod, tube, film or pipe, valves and fittings.) Manufacturer members must subscribe to the IAPD’s Code of Ethics, and meet all of the following eligibility requirements: (a) Distributes products through three or more plastics distributors; and (b) Has been engaged in the business of plastics manufacturing or plastics redistribution for one or more years; and (c) Derives revenue from the extrusion, casting, etc. and sale of plastic sheet, rod, tube, film or pipe, valves and fittings products directly to plastics distributors or the redistribution of and sale of plastic sheet, rod, tube, film, resin, pipe, valves, or fittings products directly to plastics distributors; and (d) Derives at least 25 percent of revenues from sales through distribution or have total sales through distribution over $10 million U.S. dollars; and (e) Provides three reference letters from plastics distributors attesting to the commitment of the organization to the plastics distribution channel, qualification for IAPD membership and verification that the applicant’s product are purchased through distribution.

Sec. 1D. Resin Manufacturers and Distributors Membership. Any partnership, corporation, or a division, subsidiary or department of a company who is engaged in the manufacturing or distribution of plastics resins that are consumed by manufacturers of plastic sheet, rod, tube, film or pipe, valves and fittings. Resin manufacturer and distributor members must subscribe to the IAPD’s Code of Ethics, and meet all of the following eligibility requirements: (a) Has been engaged in the business of plastics resins manufacturing or distribution for one or more years; and (b) Provides three reference letters from plastics manufacturers attesting to the commitment of the organization to the plastics distribution channel, qualification for IAPD membership and verification that the applicant is engaged in the manufacturing or distribution of plastic resins that are consumed by manufacturers of plastic sheet, rod, tube, film or pipe, valves and fittings.

Sec. 1E. Manufacturers’ Representative Membership. Any individual, partnership or corporation, not owned or controlled either directly or indirectly by a manufacturer who is actively engaged as a manufacturers’ representative in the sale of plastics (e.g., sheet, rod, tube, film, resin, pipe, valves and fittings). Manufacturers’ representative members must subscribe to the IAPD’s Code of Ethics, and meet all of the following eligibility requirements: (a) Has an active sales organization representing one or more manufacturer members of IAPD; and (b) Has been engaged in the business of manufacturers’ representation for one or more years; and (c) Provides three reference letters from a minimum of one plastics manufacturer and two plastics distributors attesting to the commitment of the organization to the plastics distribution channel, qualification for IAPD membership and verification that the applicant has an active sales organization representing one or more manufacturers.

Sec. 2A. Associated Products and Services. Any individual, partnership, corporation, or a division, subsidiary or department of a company engaged in the manufacture or distribution of associated products, machinery and services (items used and useful in the manufacture, storage, processing or distribution of plastics or services used by or useful to companies that manufacture, store, process or distribute plastics); who sells such items to plastics distributors or manufacturers for their own use; who subscribes to the IAPD Code of Ethics; and whose business activity is not detrimental to the welfare and interests of the Association.

Exceptions to any of the foregoing requirements for any category of membership may be made by the Board of Directors upon its determination that the particular circumstances will not be to the detriment of the association or the applicant.