NPES is the ONLY U.S. trade association specifically representing companies which manufacture or distribute equipment, systems, software and supplies for all processes used in printing, publishing and package printing/converting, from desktop design and image generation and processing to multiple output options and targeted dissemination systems.

Eligibility

Full membership shall be open to any firm, corporation, or division of a corporation (provided, however, that no corporate group of parent, subsidiaries and/or divisions shall be entitled to more than three full memberships) engaged, on a national basis within the United States, in manufacturing or importing for sale, distribution or private labeling primarily new machinery, equipment, systems, software or supplies (as defined by the Board of Directors) for printing, publishing and converting technologies.

Associate membership is open to:

• (a) Dealers that sell other companies’ branded products on a local or regional basis in the United States, and
  
• b) Canadian and Mexican manufacturers without an office in the United States.

Associate members shall not be eligible to serve on the NPES Board of Directors. Dealers and publications shall not be eligible to participate in the NPES Market Data Program and publications shall not be eligible to receive PRIMIR studies.

Benefits of Membership

Benefits of membership include targeted market research, industry statistics available nowhere else, extensive international trade program, government affairs representation and savings on exhibit space costs in the industry's leading trade shows.

Application

A membership application can be downloaded here. For more information, contact Carol Lee Hawkins, Assistant Director for Membership, at 703/264-7200 or e-mail clhawkins@npes.org.