VMA Votes to Include Distributors and Channel Partners as Associate Members

After preliminary approval by the VMA Board in January 2013, the full membership of the Valve Manufacturers Association has overwhelmingly approved a change in the VMA Constitution to expand the associate member category to include distributors and channel partners serving the industrial valve, actuator and control industry.

The Distributor/Channel Partner membership category is open to any distributor or channel partner of valves and/or actuators that, at the time of application, has met certain criteria. The company must be incorporated in the United States or Canada and must have been engaged for a minimum of three years in distribution of valves and/or actuators manufactured in a U.S. or Canadian facility. The company must also be a distributor or channel partner for at least one VMA member with net annual sales of valves and/or actuators manufactured in U.S. and Canadian facilities over $1 million. In addition to these, at least 50% of the company’s total sales in the most recent fiscal year must be of valves and/or actuators manufactured in U.S. or Canadian facilities. More...