MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES  |  BENEFITS

Membership

Membership Categories

Industry - U.S. Domestic Industry membership shall be available to any company, corporation, partnership, proprietorship or entity doing business in the U.S. engaged in pallet, container or reel manufacturing, recycling, repair, distribution or wholesaling within the 48 contiguous states of the United States, Alaska and Hawaii. Each Domestic Industry Member shall have the right to attend meetings of the Members, vote on all issues coming before membership and to hold office in the Association. Each Domestic Industry Member will have one vote in all matters to be voted on by the members. Click here for an application.   Industry - International

International Industry Membership shall be available to any foreign company, corporation, partnership, proprietorship or entity not doing business in the United States engaged in pallet, container or reel manufacturing, recycling, repair, distribution or wholesaling.

Each International Industry Member shall have the right to attend meetings of the members, vote on all issues coming before membership and to hold office in the Association. Each International Member will have one vote in all matters to be voted on by the members. Click here for an application.

Associate members

Associate membership is available to any company, corporation, partnership, proprietorship, or other entity that is regularly engaged in the business of providing goods or services to Industry Members, and who is not eligible for Domestic or International Industry membership.

Each Associate Member will be entitled to attend meetings of the members and vote on all issues coming before membership. Associate members are not permitted to hold an elected officer position but may be elected to serve on the Association Board of Directors and/or committees of the Association. Each Associate Member shall have one vote to elect one Associate member as a voting member of the Board of Directors. Click here for an application.

End User 

End-User Membership is available to any company, corporation, partnership, proprietorship, or other entity that is regularly engaged in the design, handling, purchase, or use of those products manufactured by Domestic and International Industry Members as defined above.

End-User Members may attend meetings of the members, serve on the committees of the Association but may not serve on the Board of Directors nor vote on issues coming before the members.

End-User Members may not be involved in the sale, reuse, manufacture or repair of pallets as their primary business. Click here for an application.

Member Benefits

Following is an outline of member benefits. Everything on this list can be categorized one of two ways – they either help member companies make money or save money.

Technical Resource

• Timely News Alerts with analysis of complex issues that are condensed into useful, practical step-by-step bulletins.

• Washington Alerts on regulatory activity for solid wood packaging materials, business mandates and manufacturing requirements.

• Ongoing industry news that lets you know who is doing what and why throughout the unit load management sector.

• Access to technical staff for one-on-one questions to help with your company’s unique challenges.

• NWPCA has joined together with Webnettraining, LLC to offer OSHA-mandated safety training via the Internet to any employee of an NWPCA-member company.

• NWPCA has teamed with a national safety products distributor, to offer personal safety products at a reduced rate exclusively available to NWPCA members. By signing this national pricing contract we are guaranteed the products at a rate well below what your company would be able to obtain otherwise.

End User Information 

• Current needs

• Emerging trends (and ways to adapt your business to be first in front of customers)

• Expectations (and how to live up to or exceed them)

• Marketing and sales tips, training, company promotional materials to give to end users

Operational Efficiencies

• Production/layout organization

• Raw materials

• Wood waste reduction

• Human Resources, Recruitment, Management

• Regulatory compliance

• NWPCA Plant Safety & Health Program

• OSHA/NIOSH Alliance Announcement

Identify New Markets and Help Expanding Markets

• Online Directory

• End User handouts

• PDS^© – the leading pallet design marketing tool

Provide a Professional Network

• Face-to-face discussions with end user panels at all NWPCA events

• Seminars and social events with industry colleagues

• Internet links to target industry end user groups

Conduct Research

• Makes job of pallet producers easier

• Increases product quality; makes product more appealing to end users

• Decreases costs of making wood packaging products
  
  

Washington Advocacy

• Promotes a positive business environment with legislators and regulators

• Works to assure regulations are not unjustifiably burdensome, unworkable, unreasonable, costly; do not destroy the industry

• Makes certain members have as many options as possible