Application Process

Application Process

How to Apply for Membership

To apply for membership, a company must:

• Satisfy the criteria for the appropriate membership category
• Provide two current EPDA members as their sponsor
• Have been in business for at least two years
• Accept the EPDA Code of Practice
• Submit a distribution policy statement showing that 51% of sales go through distributors if a manufacturing company

Once you have submitted your application to EPDA, it will be processed and forwarded to the EPDA Board for approval. You will be notified of your application status in approximately two weeks.

Membership Categories

Distributor Membership

A company, which is primarily engaged in the stocking and wholesale distribution of finished and semi-finished plastic products, e.g., sheet, rod, tube, pipe, film, valves, etc. They must be domicile in a European country, have an annual turnover in plastic products of not less than 1.000.000 Euro, and whose plastics distribution business accounts for 25% or more of the company’s gross sales.

Manufacturer Membership

A company, which is primarily engaged in the manufacturer of finished and semi-finished plastic products, e.g., sheet, rod, tube, pipe, film, valves, etc. They must be committed to the use of distributors for their products and have at least 51% of their gross plastics sales handled by distributors, and have a satisfactory distribution policy.

Application Form

Download EPDA application in PDF format.