Becoming a Member |
Membership in the American Boiler Manufacturers Association is open to boiler, combustion equipment, and boiler-related product manufacturers, as well as to services suppliers, vendors to the boiiler industry, boiler owners and operators, environmental equipment manufacturers, and, generally, to any entity having an interest in the >400,000 Btu heat input boiler industry. There is a place and a Membership Dues schedule for everyone! [See the Membership Brochure or Membership Application for great details.] The ABMA Membership Year is from May 1 of each calendar year to April 30 of the following calendar year. Membership Dues are prorated according to the month during the Membership Year a company or individual joins, but every member's membership anniversary date in May 1. PLEASE NOTE THAT MEMBERSHIP DUES PRINTED IN THE MEMBERSHIP BROCHURE MAY CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR. CURRENT MEMBERSHIP DUES ARE THOSE LISTED ONLY ON THE ABMA MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION POSTED ON THIS WEBSITE. |
There are three types of ABMA members: |
| Active Members Manufacturers (designers and/or fabricators) (1) of boilers with a capacity greater than 400,000 Btuh heat input (including watertube boilers, firetube boilers, condensing boilers, tubeless boilers, electric boilers, wasteheat recovery boilers, heat recovery steam generators, cast iron boilers, fluidized bed boilers and any other boiler type that the ABMA Board of Directors may include; (2) of fuel burning or combustion devices or systems such as burners, stokers, or fluid bed combustors; and (3) of equipment or systems that perform heat recovery, such as superheaters, economizers, preheaters, or fuel preparation, such as pulverizers, and any other equipment or systems that the Board of Directors may include. |
| Associate Members Organizations and companies engaged in the production or dissemination of products or services for use by an Active Member or a boiler owner, operator or user, such as environmental equipment and systems. Also eligible for Associate Membership are those who own, operate, or use boilers or boiler-related equipment/systems. A company eligible for Active Membership may not apply for nor be accepted as an Associate Member, however. |
| Professional Affiliate Members Any combustion or mechanical engineering student, teacher, professor, recognized institution of higher learning (including trade schools), individual consultants (not affiliated with an established firm or corporation), or industry retiree who wishes to maintain an informational connection to the Association. The class of Professional Affiliate membership has its own Dues level [see Membership Application]. Professional Affiliate Members receive regular email news updates (ABMA does not license or distribute its email addresses outside of the membership), access to the ABMA Members Only website [except for the Electronic Statistics Program (ESP)], Member rates for publications, and Member rates for meetings, conferences and seminars. Use of the ABMA Logo to denote membership is restricted to Active and Associate Members Only. |
The Return on Your Investment |
| When you familiarize yourself with the services and benefits the Association has to offer your company -- see the ABMA Membership Brochure -- just complete an ABMA Membership Application and send it, along with your initial dues check, to: American Boiler Manufacturers Association or fax your application (and mail your check) to 703/356-4543. If you have questions, the ABMA staff is always available and delighted to assist you in any way possible. PLEASE NOTE THAT MEMBERSHIP DUES PRINTED IN THE MEMBERSHIP BROCHURE MAY CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR. CURRENT MEMBERSHIP DUES ARE THOSE LISTED ONLY ON THE ABMA MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION POSTED ON THIS WEBSITE. |
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