Eligibility Requirements for Associate Members

In considering an enterprise for Associate Membership, the following categories or groups are those which the Board of Directors has preliminarily identified as likely to have a common interest with the Association.

1. Sales and Marketing organizations engaged in the distribution of new products for Active Manufacturing Members.
   
   
2. Consultants, trade publications and engineers to the wood products industries.
   
   
3. Suppliers of products and services to the woodworking and related industries.
   
   
4. Manufacturing organizations in Canada or Mexico.
   1. A “manufacturer” means an enterprise which
      • produces or assembles; and
      • designs; and
      • markets
   2. To manufacture “in Canada” or “in Mexico” means that the enterprise is engaged in all three of the categories of activities described in “1” above in Canada or Mexico, respectively.
   3. “Similar material,” in the phrase “products used in the fabrication or processing of wood or similar materials” means materials such as some plastic or non-ferrous metals which can, in a commercially viable manner, be fabricated or processed by the products manufactured by Active Manufacturing Members of the Association.
      

Associate Members shall have all of the rights and privileges of Active Manufacturing Members except that they cannot vote, chair a committee/task force or hold office in the Association. Associate Members can participate in Association Committees. Associate Members are also eligible for Member discounts on booth rentals at the Association-sponsored International Woodworking Machinery and Furniture Supply Fair – USA and other association related events or programs.

ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP (Annual Dues of $550 to accompany application)
Any individual, partnership, corporation or other form of enterprise headquartered in the United States, Canada or Mexico which:

1. distributes/markets products for Active Manufacturing Members; or
2. supports or supplies a product and/or service to the woodworking or related industries; or
3. is a Canadian or Mexican manufacturer as defined in Active A.

In considering an enterprise for Associate Membership, the following categories or groups are those which the Board of Directors has preliminarily identified as likely to have a common interest with the Association:

• A sales and marketing organization for products of Active Manufacturing Members:
• An individual, partnership, corporation or another form of enterprise which is a manufacturer in Canada or Mexico; of products used in the fabrication or processing of wood or similar materials.
• Including the following products sold to the woodworking industries:
  • Air compressors
  • Adhesives and bonding agents
  • Wood cutting tools and tooling systems
  • Lumber processing machinery and equipment
  • Woodworking accessories and supplies
  • Plastic materials and parts
  • Computers and manufacturing process controllers
  • Abrasives and abrasive belts
  • Woodworking machinery and equipment
  • Fastener installation equipment
  • Hardware and fasteners
  • Dust collection
• Consultants, trade publications and engineers to the wood products industries:
  Suppliers of products and services to the woodworking and related industries, such as the following:
  • Raw materials – Metals and Plastics
  • Fluid power equipment
  • Professional Services
  • Molded plastic components
  • Shipping and transportation services
  • Power transmission equipment
  • Electric motors and drives
  • Metal castings and forgings
  • Job shop services
  • Electric logic and motion control systems