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Membership
- To qualify for membership in the SPI Machinery Division, you must be an SPI member and pay the Machinery Division Annual Assessment fee of $200. This assessment goes toward the funding of the Machinery Division Standards projects. The Division invoices its members in November/December.
- You qualify for SPI Machinery Division membership if you are a manufacturer of primary plastics processing, auxiliary processing equipment or machine components.
- Auxiliary Processing Machinery: mold temperature heat exchange units, mold and/or machinery chillers, automatic material conveyors, robots, material heating - drying, mixing, blending or proportioning equipment, pelletizers, granulators and millers, take-off equipment, screen changers, preform stamping and finishing machinery.
- Component Processing Equipment: screws, barrels, tips, nozzles, heater bands, and cartridges, electrical/electronic controls and assemblies, hydraulic/pneumatic equipment.
- Primary Plastics Processing: blowmolding, extrusion and injection
- If a foreign company has a manufacturing branch manufacturing operating in the U.S., which is a corporate entity, that branch can independently become a member of SPI and the Machinery Division. If the foreign company has a marketing location in the U.S., the foreign country manufacturer must become the member and report all sales of machinery sold to the U.S. market. Additionally, a direct employee of the foreign facility (i.e. not a manufacturer's representative) must represent the company in Division matters.
- If your company qualifies for membership in the Machinery Division and you would like to join, please download and complete the New Member Checklist.
- SPI Membership Information and Application
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