Canada's Source for Plastic Sheet, Rod, Tube & Film.

In this economy, it's not survival of the fittest. It's survival of the smartest. Your company has weathered the rocky economy, but now it's time to take it one step further and turn your attention to the future.

You can't afford to miss the only event where the best and the brightest of the plastics distribution industry come together to focus on the future of the industry over three days — the IAPD Annual Convention.

The convention has a lot to offer your business over those three days. We have lined up top-notch speakers to discuss what matters to you most — the future of the industry and the economy. You will also have the opportunity to collaborate with your competitors as colleagues over the challenges of the industry, a unique feature of every IAPD event.

About the IAPD:

The International Association of Plastics Distributors, founded in 1956, is an international trade association comprised of companies engaged in the distribution and manufacture of plastics materials. Represented are materials in semi-finished stock shapes, such as sheet, rod, tube, pipe, valves, fittings, film and related products. Members' materials are produced and distributed for a wide variety of engineering and high performance applications, in such industries as food processing and packaging, OEM parts and equipment, chemical processing, waste and water treatment, construction, MRO parts, agriculture, automotive, medical, pharmaceutical, aerospace, electronics, marine, signs and displays, and many more.

The association provides its members opportunities for business development, forums for networking and exchange of ideas among those with common interests, and numerous opportunities for education. It also provides other specific services, such as drafting industry standards, maintaining a standard product number database to facilitate the use of electronic data interchange (EDI), collecting and analyzing industry statistics, and promoting the use of plastics in general. These efforts are guided by the association's volunteer leaders and committees, working collaboratively with IAPD staff to pursue IAPD's goals and achieve its objectives.

"The mission of the International Association of Plastics Distributors (IAPD) is to grow the plastics distribution industry through collection, production and dissemination of quality information and education; by offering meaningful business and social interactions; and, by being a catalyst in assuring proactive representation in the governmental and public arenas."