IPFA Corner
We are starting the year with some exciting news for current and prospective International Plastics Fabricator Association (IPFA) members. In light of the current economy, the association is dropping its membership rates while at the same time enhancing the mix of member benefits it provides. Our new 2002 membership rates will be $195 for Regular member dues and $295 for Associate members. With their 2002 membership, IPFA members will enjoy an enhanced group of membership benefits, including special discounts on machinery and tooling, freight, dental/health insurance, professional services (legal and accounting) wireless communications and merchant credit cards rates to name a few.

Members will also receive special discounts on IPFA programs and on-line Webinar's. These interactive Internet based presentations are viewed on your computer so you never have to leave your shop. Watch for the announcement of our first Webinar, coming this March, addressing management and marketing issues. You can also call the IPFA at 630-980-4740 or see our website at www.fabricators.org to learn more.

In addition, member companies will be included in the Find a Fabricators database on the IPFA web site and will have a password and User ID which enables you to visit the on-line Request for Proposal section in the Members Only area of our site.

All indications are that this year will continue to be a challenge for business owners and managers. In order to prosper during depressed economic times, we need to look for new markets, focus on the customer, keep it simple, and tap the resources that are available to help us succeed. That is what the International Plastics Fabricators Association was founded to do – help you succeed.

How can you take advantage of all these opportunities? Join the IPFA today! Our primary goals include; promoting our industry, marketing you to potential customers and helping you manage your business better. By joining together as an industry, we can leverage our common interests and reduce our costs - helping each of us to be more efficient and profitable.

As plastics fabricators we compete and source materials, machinery and tooling from across town and around the world. We can all use help running our businesses better, purchasing products and services at competitive rates, and keeping current on the latest techniques in fabrication and developments in machinery and tooling for our industry. Add to that the ability of the Association to help you win more business, and the mix can not be beat. But to benefit, you have to join. Call the IPFA today to learn more about what we have to offer you.

For more information, call the IPFA today at 630-980-4740, try their new Fax on Demand service at 630-980-4010, or visit our web site at www.fabricators.org to learn more about what the IPFA has to offer you.