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MPMA - Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association
Address: 37 Jalan 20/14
Paramount Garden
City: 46300 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Country: Malaysia
The Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association (MPMA), formally established in 1967, is a progressive trade association providing leadership and quality service to its members and the plastics industry.
MPMA is the official voice of the Malaysian plastics industry, representing its members and the industry in Government interaction, spearheading the plastics industry’s growth and providing the platform for training of members to upgrade the technological level of the plastics industry.
MPMA currently has over 900 members, which represent about 60 percent of plastics manufacturers in the country and account for 80 percent of the country's total production of plastic products.
VISION:
To be a progressive trade association providing leadership to the plastics industry.
MISSION STATEMENT:
We strive to provide quality service to our members
We seek to transform the plastics industry into a global player through the collective efforts of plastics manufacturers in the country and to achieve this through balanced growth with due environmental care to the community
OBJECTIVES:
To promote the use, manufacture and processing of plastics
To protect, assist and enhance the interest of manufacturers of plastics
To organise and provide various means of training to help upgrade the technological level of the plastics industry
To encourage co-operation among manufacturers of plastic products both within and outside Malaysia
To gather, analyse and provide statistical and technical data as well as other information of interest
To provide a platform for members to interact and to foster closer rapport among members
To co-operate with other trade associations, non-governmental organisations and other bodies of common interest to ensure the healthy growth of the plastics industry
To collaborate with the Government in the promotion of the plastics industry towards achieving the country’s vision of becoming a developed nation by the year 2020
To promote the growth of the plastics industry and transform it into a global player taking into cognisance its social responsibility towards the environment and community
ACTIVITIES:
Setting up a plastics technology training centre to provide skills-upgrading training courses to its members
Undertaking the function of writing industry standards for plastics so as to upgrade its members’ technology and competitiveness
Undertaking the responsibility of plastics waste management and to carry out various work programmes to reduce, reuse and recycle plastics
Organising seminars, talks, forums and conferences
Organising short-term courses on plastics, mould making and mould desing, etc
Organising overseas trade missions
Organising and participating in trade missions
Organising and participating in trade exhibitions, both locally and internationally
Co-ordinating the display of members’ products at MPMA’s plastics product showcase via the Internet
Publishing a Member’s Directory on a biannual basis
Publishing a quarterly in-house magazine, ‘Malaysian Plastics Digest’, informing members on the latest plastics technologies, plastics industry developments and activities of the Association
Arranging dialogues with members of various sub-process groups
Conducting studies and collecting general statistical information on the plastics industry
Participating in regional plastics industries groupings, that is, the ASEAN Federation of Plastics Industries (AFPI) and the Asia Plastics Forum (APF)
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