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ABMA membership allows your organization to take advantage of the many special programs and features of the association; many of which may by themselves more than cover the entire return on your ABMA investment.

Over 150 manufacturers and suppliers attend the Annual Convention which features business and industry experts along with more than three days of networking opportunities.

ABMA members are organized into five Divisions, each representing a different segment of the industry: Broom & Mop, Industrial & Maintenance, Paint Applicator, Personal Brush and Supplier Divisions. Through networking, industry peers discover the challenges impacting their businesses are uniform to their segment of the market and beyond.

With membership in the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), ABMA members can do online learning at a time and place of their choice through NAM’s Virtual University. Also, the ABMA Educational Institute is offered at the Annual Convention.

Divisions provide detailed financial data from manufacturing organizations. Trends are developed for the overall industry and divisions. Wage surveys are also conducted, giving participants specific information on benefits, compensation and more.

ABMA is leading the way in creating safety standards for the design, care, and use of power brushes. Safety Slips are also sold to the industry to warn consumers of potential hazards in the design, care, and use of power brushes.
Volunteer committees generate ABMA’s projects. Members identify needs within the industry and create solutions.
ABMA provides members with resources to help them better understand the use of emerging technology throughout business and industry.

The association provides a Freight Discount Program. The Transportation Programs for Associations can help your company significantly reduce freight costs. We also provide an employee screening program through Business Research & Intelligence and a credit card merchant services program through Paymentech.

The ABMA’s membership includes about 80 manufacturers and 80 suppliers of roller, brush, broom and mop products. The Association provides the opportunity to talk with other manufacturers, who are not competitors, about operations, personnel trends and more.

ABMA’s membership in the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) provides members with a voice in Washington, DC as well as Regulatory Alerts and Legislative Calls to Action.

The Association publishes an online listing of member companies, phone and fax numbers, company personnel and product lines. All information is available in print format and also as a downloadable excel file.

www.abma.org is an excellent resource for ABMA members as well as those in the brush industry looking for product and membership information. The Members Only section includes industry events, member news, business management techniques, association projects, leads exchange, e-commerce, classifieds, and more.

Members instantly expand their management team with a monthly bulletin highlighting trends and regulations in freight transportation. The ABMA Freight Shipping Manual is available for each member offering a resource on freight logistics and services. Moreover, answers to individual questions are just a telephone call away.

The Freight Bulletin is a monthly report providing an in-depth review of primary transportation and logistics events, as well as an analysis of the topic and a discussion of its impact along with projections and other commentary. Washington Update is a monthly briefing on regulatory and legislative activities inside the Beltway. Brush Up Monthly is an e-mailing that highlights current and topical events, happenings and issues.

ABMA provides a forum at the Annual Convention for industry suppliers to display their products in a trade show booth. This is a structured opportunity for manufacturers and suppliers to discuss new product developments, trends and marketing information. Each year about 60 member supplier companies participate in the event.
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108th Annual Convention

March 25-28, 2025

Hyatt Regency Lost Pines
Austin, Texas

Where else can you meet with 50 customers and 50 suppliers all at the same time and in the same place; and in an environment conducive to actually getting some business accomplished?

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Testimonials

The ABMA convention gives me an opportunity to further cement relationships that I have with existing customers and to inform other companies of our capabilities.

D. Mark FultzMember

Networking, Networking, Networking.

Ian MossMember

Contacts I made at ABMA conventions have led to almost $1 million in sales annually for our company. Not a bad way to spend 4 days at a luxury resort.

Ken RakusinMember

Learning Leadership: I volunteered for ABMA service early on in my career and learned how to deal with and participate on the Board of Directors. I learned negotiation skills, the art of listening, getting your two cents in, how to get a room full of chiefs to do the work of Indians as well as develop a whole new kind of camaraderie and friendship.

Kristin DraperMember

Managing a business requires good information. ABMA provides a wealth of information. Everything from industry statistics including wage and benefit surveys for benchmarking to learning what is coming down the road in the brush industry worldwide.

John CottamMember

Being a member of the ABMA has benefited my company greatly. With a focus on in-person networking and education the advantages go well beyond other trade organizations.

R.J. LindstromMember

The ABMA is a valuable organization both personally and professionally for me and for Monterey Mills. The connections that I have made over the years have been strengthened through the Convention.

Ed LowderMember

The ABMA and the annual convention has been the foundation for the many relationships I have made with both suppliers and manufacturers. Those relationships are immeasurable in their value.

Brian KeiserMember

As a brush manufacturer, I receive numerous sales leads from the convention and from referrals from other brush makers. If you make a point to attend all of the meetings, meet the members and promote your business, you will establish the long term relationships that will benefit your business well into the future.

Jeff MalishMember

The relationships I have built over the years will help my company thrive well into the future.

R.J. LindstromMember

Almost 50% of our customer base was built on attending and meeting potential customers at ABMA conventions. Certainly visiting customers without attending ABMA is possible, but it's the camaraderie that helps develop not only customer/vendor relations, but also friendships.

Carlos PetzoldMember

Five years ago I found and qualified a new raw materials supplier. The cost savings was $31,000 per year.

Robert FowlieMember

I have been a member for over 30 years, with three different companies and there is no other forum where one can actually get face time with the Owners and Presidents of major customer companies, in a relaxed and convivial setting.

Ian MossMember

The main reason I am an ABMA member is for the opportunity to network with peers. A large percentage of our business is selling brushes to other brush companies. Networking with other brush companies in the ABMA has been valuable in numerous ways, such as increasing our sales.

Gus TresloMember

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Waterville, OH 43566

Phone: +1 419.878.2787

Email: info@abma.org

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