Membership
AWRF membership continues to grow! Our membership exceeds 300 companies
in 18 countries around the world.
Our membership categories
are listed below. We encourage you to review
the information below and contact the AWRF office for a membership
application.
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Regular
Member
This category includes Fabricators, Dealers, and Retailers whose
primary customers are Consumers or End-Users
of the products or services used in our industry. Typically this
member will have a swaging machine and certified pull test equipment
and be described as a "Rigging Shop".
•
Manufacturing
Member
This category includes Manufacturers and/or Fabricators whose
primary customers are the Fabricators, Dealers, and Retailers
described as a "Regular Member" above. A Manufacturing
member must have a North American office staffed by either direct
employees or personnel under contract to the company. The North
American office must be established for a minimum of one year
prior to membership.
•
Non-Manufacturing
Member
This category includes any entity whose primary business is wholesale
distribution (and not manufacturing or fabrication) of the industry’s
products, whose primary customer base is the retailer or distributor
of the industry’s products. A Non-Manufacturing Member must
have a North American office, staffed by either direct employee
or personnel under contract to the company. The office must be
established for a minimum of one year prior to Membership approval.
•
Sponser
Member
This category includes any business entity whose primary business
is wholesaling, retailing or otherwise dealing in the products
of the industry, but not in any way manufacturing and/or fabricating
those products or any entity, interested in the industry, not
describe in the two categories above. A sponser member must have
a North American office staffed by either direct employees or
personel under contract to the company. The office must be estabished
for a minimum of one year prior to membership approval.
•
Affiliate
Member
Any entity, who is a division of, affiliated with or owned by
a member in any of the above categories. Affiliate members do
not have voting rights and individuals may not serve on the Board
of Directors. Please list the affiliated company that is already
a member.
•
Branch
Member
Any entity who is a division of, affiliated with or owned by a
member in any of the above categories, generally with the same
name as the head office. Branch Members do not have voting rights
and individuals may not serve on the Board of Directors. Branch
Members are NOT listed in the AWRF directory, but they receive
all association mailings. Please list the parent of the company
already a member.
MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO
SIGN THIS DECLARATION:
We understand
that the Associated Wire Rope Fabricators are incorporated as a non-profit
trade association which is primarily concerned with industries involved
in the manufacturing, distribution, development and use of the equipment,
techniques, or associated items and services required to lift, hold
and position heavy objects.
We also understand
that the common goals of the A.W.R.F. association are the establishment
of the highest possible standards of quality, craftsmanship, and dependable
service, and we will support these goals as well as the published
Purposes and the Code of Ethics of the association, and policies determined
by the Directors.
We understand
that the acceptance of our application requires a two-thirds majority
vote by the Directors and that no qualified candidate will be denied
membership arbitrarily, and that all classes of members are extended
identical rights and privileges except that retired individuals do
not have the right to vote, and that an affiliated member, or group
of affiliated members together with the owning member can occupy only
one seat on the Board of Directors at any time, a policy inhibiting
domination of the Board by one company. (See Notice at Bottom)
We understand
that at the time of this application, and every year thereafter at
the time of the annual dues notice, we will be required to provide
proof of Products Liability Insurance in the form of a letter or certificate.
Understanding
all of the above statements, we have completed and submitted this
Application Form hoping to become a member of Associated Wire Rope
Fabricators identified by the most nearly appropriate member class
(refer to the classes above):
Affiliation
Notice
Any applicant company which is, in whole or in part, owned, managed,
or controlled by the same executive management as that of another AWRF
member in any category should disclose the name of their affiliated
AWRF member below:
