Association Partners

The American Center for Wood Processing Pvt. Ltd. (India)
From one source and now available in India — American technology for small shops and large companies. The American Center for Wood Processing, Pvt. Ltd. is proud to introduce USA technology to sawmills, furniture, cabinet, and intermediary wood product producers. The American Center is a private company representing in India U.S. manufacturers of woodworking machinery, cutting tools and accessories. The American Center is owned by the companies it represents as well as the Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America (WMMA). In addition, the American Center is receiving support from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Our objective quite simply is to provide to the Indian market with the best U.S. woodworking industry products backed up by technical service, warehousing, and demonstration facilities in country.

American National Standards Institute — As the voice of the U.S. standards and conformity assessment system, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) empowers its members and constituents to strengthen the U.S. marketplace position in the global economy while helping to assure the safety and health of consumers and the protection of the environment.

WMMA is an ANSI member and the secretariat of the ANSI Accredited Standards Committee O1. Standards encompassing the Woodworking Machinery Safety Requirements are available on the ANSI eStandards Store.

The Association for Manufacturing Excellence
The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) was founded in 1985 and is dedicated to helping companies with continuous improvement and their pursuit of excellence. AME is practitioner based which means our events and workshops are hands-on and taught by others who have "been there" and want to share their experiences.

Whether looking to learn about Lean Manufacturing or one of the continuous improvement tools like Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, Lean Supply Chain, Lean New Product Development, Lean Accounting or Leadership of Lean Transformation, AME can provide the education and training necessary to transform your company and its employees.

National Association of Manufacturers
NAM represents manufacturing firms and manufacturing Associations, NAM seeks to serve the needs of U.S. manufacturers through legislative, educational, research and networking efforts.

SVM E-Business Solutions - WMMA Online Marketing Resource Center
WMMA has partnered with SVM to provide members with valuable resources to create and implement an online marketing strategy that attracts prospects, generates leads, drive revenues and strengthen relationships with customer. By utilizing the resources offered by SVM or working with SVM directly, members can increase market share, generate new business and improve bottom-line results.

Institute for Trend Research (ITR)
The WMMA® has teamed up with The Institute for Trend Research (ITR), a professional research firm that accurately analyzes market/economic trends, to provide business planning tools that will enable you to better forecast sales trends for one - five years. ITR has a long history of accurately projecting when trends will change and their reliable forecasting provides you with the information you need to grow and maximize your capital resources.

The WMMA has endorsed Black Line Group, a firm that specializes solely on helping companies take advantage of the R&D Tax Credit opportunity. The definition of Research and Development is extremely broad and many WMMA members have R&D taking place that could result in a significant return on investment. WMMA members that engage Black Line Group for R&D Tax Credit assistance receive a fee discount.

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