PSSMA Membership Categories
Regular Membership is for companies that manufacture industrial shipping sacks with a paper content in the United States.
- Each Regular Member is given a permanent seat on the Board of Directors to provide all with a voice in the governance of the Association.
- Regular Members provide monthly statistical data and receive statistical reports tailored for their individual company on aggregated historical sack shipments and related business activity, such as inventory, order backlogs, etc. Additionally, Regular Members receive monthly statistics on paper consumption and sack and paper import. Member data are maintained confidential.
- Regular Members receive an extensive semiannual market research report, “The Outlook For Paper Shipping Sacks”.
- Regular Members participate in surveys to learn valuable industry information not elsewhere available, such as safety performance, industry capacity, etc.
- Regular Member dues are based upon multiwall sack sales at a rate of $300 per million of annual sales. Minimum dues are $3000 per year, and the dues rate is discounted for sales over $25 million per year.
Associate Membership is for companies that supply goods or services to Regular Members of PSSMA. It is a vital component of support for the US multiwall industry. Over the past several years, PSSMA has placed a high priority on providing greater value for Associate Members, and has seen its Associate Membership grow in response. It continues to appreciate its Associate Members’ contributions to the industry and regularly schedules its annual Production Managers’ Seminar at a location to facilitate tours of Associate Members’ facilities.
International Membership is for companies that manufacture multiwall shipping sacks exclusively outside of the United States.
- PSSMA Members represent some 90% of US production of multiwall sacks, an industry with more than $1 Billion of annual sales.
- Associate and International Memberships provide an effective and economical way to:
- Establish and maintain relationships with US multiwall sack producers
- Monitor industry trends and developments
- Support the development of policies and programs beneficial to the US multiwall industry.
- Associate and International Members receive monthly information on paper consumption and sack shipments for twenty market segments, as well as detailed monthly information on imports of multiwall sacks, paper consumption and business activity trends.
- Associate and International Members may attend the PSSMA Production Managers’ Seminar and the PSSMA Annual Meeting. In addition to the networking opportunities at receptions and dinners, one-on-one meetings may be scheduled to facilitate supplier/producer interaction. Attendance limitations apply.
- Annual Associate and International Member dues are $2,500 per year.
For more information and to apply for membership, please contact PSSMA at admin@PSSMA.org. or call us at 610-282-6845.