All members of the conveyor manufacturing industry, as hereinafter defined, who
have had a presence within North America (United States, Canada, and/or Mexico
or their possessions) for at least one (1) year, shall be eligible for manufacturing
membership in the Corporation. For the purpose hereof, presence shall mean selling
conveyor components, equipment, or systems in North America manufactured by the
manufacturing member. A manufacturer shall be deemed to be a member of the conveyor
manufacturing industry if its principal business, or the principal business of
one of its divisions, is either:
(a) Controlling the designs, specifications, assembly, and manufacturing of unit
or bulk material conveying equipment or systems, or
(b) Designing manufacturing
and selling any of those bulk belt conveyor components for which the Corporation
maintains reporting statistics. or
(c) Designing and manufacturing those
component parts which by reason of their unique nature are primarily capable of
usage as component parts of unit conveying equipment or systems or
(d)
Designing manufacturing and selling pneumatic conveyors automated monorails, automatic
guided vehicles, conveyor controls, or any combinations of same, including both
equipment and systems.
CEMA Manufacturing
membership dues are computed on the basis of each member company's volume of Billed
Sales (shipments) for the average of the two preceding calendar years. Dues are
expressed in "cents per $1,000 of average annual Billed Sales" for the
two-year base period. The CEMA Manufacturing Member Dues Rate is 42 cents per
$1,000 of average annual Billed Sales for the two-year base period. Dues
are discounted by 25% for statistics reporting and 25% for participation in at
least one scheduled CEMA meeting per year.
Annual Dues Structure | Undiscounted
Full Dues | Less
Statistics Participation | Less
One Meeting Attendance | Fully
Discounted Dues |
| 100% | 25% | 25% | 50% |
| Minimum | $3,675 | $918.75 | $918.75 | $1,837.50 |
| Maximum | $12,075 | $3,018.75 | $3,018.75 | $6,037.50 |
Regardless of billed
sales, the minimum dues for any company start at $3,675, discounted to $1,837.50
if they participate in the monthly statistics program and go to at least one of
our three meetings in a year. The average billed sales max out at $28,750,000.
Once a company's average billed sales go above $8,750,000 the dues go up
according to the formula up to a maximum dues of $12,075, discounted to $6,037.50
if they take advantave of the opportunities to qualify for the discounts.
A
company incurs no additional fees for average billed sales above $28,750.000.
.