PEMA Membership Eligibility:

To be eligible for membership, a company must devote an important part of operations to the manufacture of process equipment.  For purposes of membership, "process equipment" as defined by the Board of Directors shall mean the equipment required when using physical or chemical methods for mechanical and/or thermal treatment or processing of a raw material or product.  Primary examples of process equipment are agitators, mixers, the many types of crushing, grinding and screen equipment, vacuum and pressure filters, centrifuges, furnaces, kilns, dryers, sedimentation and classification devices.  Included are all the principal equipment required for water conditioning, treatment of industrial and municipal wastes, metallurgical processing, pulp and paper production, food processing, production of petro-chemicals and other similar processing operations.  Also included is equipment offered by a manufacturer who engineers and supplies systems related to and used in conjunction with primary process equipment.  Specifically excluded from the definition of "process equipment" are products such as pumps, valves, piping, instrumentation and motors.  Also excluded are manufacturers representatives or distributors who package various process equipment into process systems.  

In addition, a company must fulfill all of the following:  Sell, assemble, transfer title/liability, provide after-sales service and stock parts - as well as perform at least one of the following functions:  Test, design systems, engineer applications and/or be the exclusive distributor.

Member Testimonials:

"I am a member of PEMA because it affords an opportunity to share concerns and issues with other executives who are knowledgeable both about our industry and our served markets. The alliances and friendships which we have formed from our participation in PEMA have proven to be an invaluable source of knowledge and experience."
Bill Herkamp, President and CEO, ROTEX Global LLC
 

"I am a PEMA member because PEMA membership benefits far exceed our investment of time and dollars. ... a fair portion of our Corporate success is on account of our membership in PEMA."
Tim Shuttleworth, President and CEO, Eriez

"PEMA provides me with an excellent opportunity to network and learn from my peers."
Dan French, Chairman & President, French Oil Mill Machinery Company

"Through networking with PEMA members, speaker presentations and the statistical data, I receive an accurate picture of where our industry is and where it is going."
Lawrence H. Stone,  CEO, Kason Corporation

"As a growing privately held company, PEMA has offered our management team access to experience and information of a solid group of senior executives of successful capital equipment companies.  The networking, training and statistics are useful in managing our business daily."
Gary Drake, President, PHOENIX Process Equipment Co.

"PEMA's value to us far exceeds its cost.  The ideas exchanged at the meetings have saved us far more than what we have spent."
Ed Weisselberg, President, Wyssmont Co., Inc.

"PEMA membership provides an opportunity to receive current information on market and industry trends and to benchmark our company against others in the industry."
Kevin Bowen, President, K-Tron America

"PEMA is a most important resource, a deep well of market intelligence and high level administrative advice.  PEMA members have the business sense and personal maturity to enable a network of particular importance to members of the process equipment industry."
William S. English, Chairman, Sturtevant, Inc.

"The speakers at PEMA's programs are consistently high quality.  Informal discussions at meetings offer an excellent opportunity to learn from a group of peers who face similar challenges."
Brian Trudel, President and CEO, Carrier Vibrating Equipment, Inc.

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