The Contract Manufacturing Alliance (CPG Industry Related Trade Associations)
We created the Contract Manufacturing Alliance to bring together trade associations (all related to the manufacturing of consumer products) for common collaborative goals: helping new industry start-ups, create new jobs, create new events, create new trade show ideas and more.
Consumer Product Industry Trade Associations in Groups Such as:
Product Development
Trade Associations and Industry Events including IFT, American Dairy Science Association, SupplySide West, American Chemistry Council, National Oil Seed Processors Association, Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association, Association of Food Industries, International Society of Beverage Technologists, Dairy Max, American Association of Candy Technologists, American Seed Trade Association
Packaging Industry
Trade Associations and Industry Events including Glass Packaging Institute, Institute of Packaging Professionals, The Flexible Packaging Association, The Paperboard Packaging Council, Food Service Packaging Institute, Plastics Industry Association, Retail Packaging Association, FPSA Process Expo, Adhesive & Sealant Council, American Forest and Paper Association, American Iron and Steel Institute, American National Standards Institute, American Plastics Council (APC)Product Development
We are recruiting trade associations to be co-founders and partners for our incubation programs (start-up and emerging brands). These associations include those whose members are involved with Contract Manufacturing/Co-Packing subjects.
Examples of core Trade Association targets Include:
Packaging Industry
We are recruiting trade associations to be co-founders and partners for our incubation programs (start-up and emerging brands). These associations include those whose members are involved with Packaging subjects.
Examples of core Trade Association targets Include:
Ingredients Industry
We are recruiting trade associations to be co-founders and partners for our incubation programs (start-up and emerging brands). These associations include those whose members are involved with Ingredient subjects.
Examples of core Trade Association targets Include:
Branding Industry
We are recruiting trade associations to be co-founders and partners for our incubation programs (start-up and emerging brands). These associations include those whose members are involved with Packaging subjects.
Examples of core Trade Association targets Include:
Flavors & Extracts
We are recruiting trade associations to be co-founders and partners for our incubation programs (start-up and emerging brands). These associations include those whose members are involved with Flavors and Extracts subjects.
Examples of core Trade Association targets Include:
Certification Resources
We are recruiting trade associations to be co-founders and partners for our incubation programs (start-up and emerging brands). These associations include those whose members are involved with Certification subjects.
Examples of core Trade Association targets Include:
Manufacturing Equipment
We are recruiting trade associations to be co-founders and partners for our incubation programs (start-up and emerging brands). These associations include those whose members are involved with core Facility Manufacturing Equipment subjects.
Examples of core Trade Association targets Include:
Contract Manufacturers
We are recruiting trade associations to be co-founders and partners for our incubation programs (start-up and emerging brands). These associations include those whose members are involved with Contract Manufacturing/Co-Packing subjects.
Examples of core Trade Association targets Include:
Founded by the Contract Packaging Association and its partners, the Packaged Goods Services Association was created as an expansion of the CPA’s RFQ Tool. The RFQ Tool helps start-up and emerging brands with their co-packing needs. The RFQ Tool is being expanded to include efforts with commercial kitchens, private label companies, CPG companies with their own facilities and related partners.
www.PGSA.us
Founded by the Contract Packaging Association and its partners, the Contract Manufacturing Alliance recruits and works with other consumer product industry trade associations (and related groups). Our combined efforts help start-up and emerging consumer product companies with its internal incubation and mentoring programs. Together, we help start-up, emerging and established brand groups with their manufacturing needs.
www.ContractMFG.org
Founded by the Contract Packaging Association and its partners (through the Contract Manufacturing Alliance and PGSA efforts), the Co-Packing Network created the Co-Packing Network as its internal incubation and mentoring programs. Together (with our co-founding trade association partners), we help start-up and emerging brand groups with their manufacturing needs (commercial kitchens, co-packers, companies with their own facilities).
www.Co-Packing.net
The CPA’s Request for Quote (RFQ) tool allows start-up and emerging brands submit a ‘Request for Quote’ for their needs for a commercial kitchen and/or a contract manufacturer. The Request for Quote will be dispatched to CPA Members whose capabilities match your project needs, and if they can assist you, will contact you directly about their services and capabilities.
RFQ Tool
The Contract Packaging Association is the national, nonprofit trade organization for the Contract Packaging/ Manufacturing industry. Formed in 1992 for contract packaging firms and those businesses related to them, CPA promotes the growth and welfare of member firms through its industry exposure and programs.
The Contract Packaging Association members are comprised of the nation’s leading contract packagers, which perform all packaging functions; from the simplest to the most complex and from the glamorous to the hazardous. Our members offer these packaging services to an extremely wide variety of consumer goods companies and these services range from manual and semi-automatic to full-speed, high performance packaging lines.
www.ContractPackaging.org
Consumer Product Brands (Start-up to Emerging to Established): We are recruiting consumer product related trade associations who are involved with products that sell in retail formats such as:
