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Association of American Publishers

The Association of American Publishers' (AAP) mandate covers both the general and the specific — broad issues important to all publishers as well as issues of specific concern to particular segments of the industry. The Association's "core" programs deal with matters of general interest: intellectual property; new technology and telecommunications issues of concern to publishers; First Amendment rights, censorship and libel; international freedom to publish; funding for education and libraries; postal rates and regulations; tax and trade policy. Directed by standing committees of the Association, these programs, along with a host of membership services including government affairs, a broad-based statistical program, public information and press relations, are the "core" activities of the Association.

www.publishers.org

Association of Independent Corrugated Converters

The Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) represents, and protects, the business interests of the independent sector of the corrugated packaging industry. AICC represents a majority of the independent corrugated packaging manufacturers and their suppliers. It is dedicated to strengthening the independent 's position in the marketplace through programs and publications that empower our members to complete successfully in a rapidly changing industry and an increasingly competitive and global business environment.

www.aiccbox.org

Book Manufacturers’ Institute, Inc.

Since 1933, Book Manufacturers’ Institute, Inc. (BMI) has been the leading nationally recognized trade association of the book manufacturing industry. Ranging in size from companies with fewer than twenty employees to those employing over three thousand, BMI members annually produce the great majority of books ordered by the U.S. book publishing industry. Today, BMI is a vital part of the industry, playing a leading role by providing an intra-industry communications link among book manufacturers and between book manufacturers, publishers, suppliers and governmental bodies.      www.bmibook.com

Cellulose Insulation Manufacturers Association

The Cellulose Insulation Manufacturers Association (CIMA) is the trade association for the cellulose segment of the the thermal/acoustical insulation industry. CIMA was founded on July 1, 1992, when the Cellulose Industry Standards Enforcement Program(CISEP) adopted new bylaws restructuring itself as a trade association.

www.cellulose.org

Composite Can and Tube Institute

The CCTI is an international non-profit trade association representing the interests of manufacturers of composite paperboard cans, containers, canisters, tubes, cores, cones, spools, fiber drums, and related items as well as suppliers of paperboard, equipment, and other materials and services.

www.cctiwdc.org

Composite Panel Association  

The Composite Panel Association (CPA) is the North American trade association for producers of particleboard, medium density fiberboard, hardboard and other compatible products.

wwwcctiwdc.com 

Direct Marketing Association

The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) is the leading global trade association of business and nonprofit organizations using and supporting direct marketing tools and techniques. DMA advocates industry standards for responsible marketing, promotes relevance as the key to reaching consumers with desirable offers, and provides cutting-edge research, education, and networking opportunities to improve results throughout the entire direct marketing process. Founded in 1917, DMA today has more than 4,800 corporate, affiliate, and chapter members from the US and 46 other nations.

www.the-dma.org 

Document Management Industries Association 

Document Management Industries Association (DMIA) has served forms, business printing and document management professionals for more than 50 years. DMIA's mission is to serve organizations in the business printing supply chain by helping them provide their customers with solutions.

www.dmia.org

Envelope Manufacturers Association    

EMA was formed in 1933.   The purpose of EMA is:

1. To share knowledge of envelope manufacturing among the Association.
2. To produce programs to improve manufacturing efficiency. 
3. To minimize the negative impact of government regulations and other activities in the business of envelope manufacturing.

www.envelope.org

Fibre Box Association   

FBA is a non-profit organization representing and serving the corrugated industry. It brings together, in a lawful manner, the industry's North American manufacturers to improve the overall well-being of the industry and to provide an array of services that enable member companies to conduct their business more effectively, responsibly and efficiently.

www.fibrebox.org 

Foodservice & Packaging Institute, Inc.

Founded in 1933, the Foodservice & Packaging Institute, Inc. (FPI) is the material-neutral trade association for converters, raw material and machinery suppliers of foodservice packaging products.

www.fpi.org

Gravure Association of America, Inc

GAA was formed as the result of the merger of the Gravure Technical Association (GTA) and the Gravure Research Institute (GRI), both GTA and GRI had been in existence since 1947. The two organizations consolidated their resources with the intent to create a more effective and responsive association.

www.gaa.org

Greeting Card Association

The Greeting Card Association (GCA) is the trade organization representing greeting card and stationery publishers, and allied members of the industry. The GCA’s principal objectives are celebrating, promoting and preserving the traditional of sending greeting cards, to represent the industry before government and regulatory agencies, to serve as an information service center for its members, and to monitor trends and developments that may impact the industry.

www.gca.org

IDEAlliance 

The goal of IDEAlliance is to enable publishers and other information-driven enterprises to strategize, innovate, standardize and implement information technology solutions in an open and cooperative cross-industry environment.   IDEAlliance provides the opportunity for those who create, produce, manage and deliver content to interface with those who develop the software tools to facilitate these functions. IDEAlliance addresses the entire content delivery supply chain and all its business processes. The guiding philosophy of IDEAlliance is that by working together everyone achieves more. 

www.idealliance.org

Institute of Packaging Professionals

The Institute of Packaging Professionals is the authoritative organization serving the educational needs of the packaging community, where individuals can enhance their career experience through mutual interaction.

www.iopp.org

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries  

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) represents more than 1,200 companies that process, broker, and consume scrap commodities, including metals, paper, plastics, glass, rubber, electronics, and textiles. The Institute provides education, advocacy, and compliance training, and promotes public awareness of the value and importance of recycling to the production of the world’s goods and services.

www.isri.org

Keep America Beautiful 

Keep America Beautiful (KAB) is a national non-profit public education organization. Since 1953, KAB has been successful in urging individuals to take great pride and responsibility for perserving their community environments. KAB is the nation's leading community improvement organization truimphantly implementing an effective and organize plan for educating on the importance of recycling and reducing litter, and changing individual attitudes about solid waste.

www.kab.org

Magazine Publishers of America 

The Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) is the industry association for consumer magazines. Established in 1919, the MPA represents more than 240 domestic publishing companies with approxiamately 1,400 titles, more than 80 international companies and more than 100 associate members. Staffed by magazine industry specialists, the MPA is headquartered in New York City, with an office of government affairs in Washington DC.

www.magazine.org

NPTA Alliance 

The NPTA Alliance (formerly the National Paper Trade Association, inc.), founded in 1903, is the association for the $60+ billion paper, packaging, and supplies distribution industry. NPTA's mission is to promote the success of its members by providing value that they can deliver to customers.

www.gonpta.com

National Paperbox Association  

For more than 70 years, the National Paperbox Association has served as the united voice of the paperbox and packaging industry. Since its founding in 1918, NPA has represented the concerns of boxmakers nationally and internationally and at the local level through its Regional Divisions.

www.paperbox.org

National Recycling Coalition

Founded in 1978, the National Recycling Coalition, Inc. (NRC) represents all the diverse interests committed to the common goal of maximizing recycling to achieve the benefits of resource conservation, solid waste reduction, environmental protection, energy conservation and social and economic development.

www.nrc-recycle.org

National Wooden Pallet & Container Association

The National Wooden Pallet & Container Association (NWPCA) is dedicated to the success of our members by helping them create cost-effective, environmentally responsible solutions to meet their customers' changing unit load handling needs.

www.nwpca.com

Newspaper Association of America

The Newspaper Association of America (NAA) is a nonprofit organization representing the $55 billion newspaper industry. NAA members account for nearly 90 percent of the daily circulation in the United States and a wide range of nondaily U.S. newspapers. NAA also has many Canadian and International members. Educators, university newspapers, press associations and suppliers/vendors are also members. The Association focuses on six key strategic priorities that collectively affect the newspaper industry: marketing, public policy, diversity, industry development, newspaper operations and readership. 

www.naa.org

Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing & Converting Technologies(NPES)

The Association for Suppliers of Printing , Publishing and Converting Technologies (NPES) is a trade association of over 400 companies which manufacture and distribute equipment, systems, software, supplies used in printing, publishing and converting. THe Association represents manufacturers, importers and distributors of equipment, supply systems and software used in every printing, publishing, and converting process from design to distribution.

www.npes.org 

Paperboard Packaging Alliance

The Paperboard Packaging Alliance (PPA) is a joint initiative of the American Forest & Paper Association and the Paperboard Packaging Council. The PPA provides the paperboard packaging industry with ongoing analysis of evolving packaging requirements and promotes the benefits of paperboard packaging and products. Alliance membership includes companies representing the full range of mills and converters engaged in the production of paper-based consumer goods packaging.

www.paperboardpackaging.org

Paper Industry Association Council

The Paper Industry Association Council (PIAC) is comprised of 35 allied paper product associations representing the major manufacturers and providers of paper based communications and packaging products. PIAC functions as an information-sharing body as well as an umbrella organization for issue-based advocacy, grassroots, and coalition building.

www.paperrecycles.org

Paper Shipping Sack Manufacturers’ Association

The Paper Shipping Sack Manufacturers’ Association (PSSMA) is the national trade association of U.S. producers of multiwall shipping sacks.  Its mission is to provide its member companies with programs and services which further the industry’s objectives and, in doing so, promote and enhance the welfare of the industry.

www.pssma.org

Paperboard Packaging Council

PPC is the nation's leading industry assocation serving converters and suppliers of all forms of paperboard packaging, including folding cartons, rigid boxes, paper cylinders, and small flute corrugated containers. PPC's mission is 1) to grow, promote, and protect the paperboard packaging industry and 2) provide tools for members to compete effectively in the marketplace.

www.ppcnet.org

Printing Industries of America

In continuous operation since 1887 and headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, Printing Industries of America, Inc. (PIA) is the largest graphic arts trade association representing an industry with more than 1 million employees and $156 billion in sales.

www.printing.org

School, Home & Office Products Association

The School, Home, & Office Products Association (SHOPA) was founded during a meeting in New York City in 1991 by a group of industry executives. Their purpose was to produce a strong trade show more in tune with the industry’s needs and to provide a forum in which other industry concerns could be addressed.

www.shopa.org

Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute, Inc 

Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute, Inc. (TLMI), a member driven association, provides effective forums to address issues critical to the success of the narrow web, tag, label, packaging and converting industries of North America.

www.tlmi.com

Yellow Pages Association

The Yellow Pages Association (YPA) is the trade organization of a print and digital media industry valued at more than $26 billion worldwide ($14 billion in the U.S.). Association members include Yellow Pages publishers, who produce products that account for almost 90 percent of the Yellow Pages revenue generated in the U.S. and Canada. Members also include the industry's international, national and local sales forces, certified marketing representatives (CMRs) and associate members, a group of industry stakeholders that include Yellow Pages advertisers, vendors and suppliers.

www.ypima.org