Manufacturers' Representative

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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 plastic sheet, rod, tube, film, resin, pipe, fittings and valves.

  • Take part in an organization founded to protect the best interests of the distribution supply chain
  • Access to performance plastics professionals including manufacturers and distributors
  • Network with performance plastics manufacturers and distributors to share ideas and best practices
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 magazine, 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. 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.

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.

Code of Ethics