Membership Information

In order to qualify for membership, a company must confirm that the business entity is regularly engaged in the distribution of glass, plastic, and/or metal containers; flexible packaging; and/or related components (“Containers”) , with said business  accounting for at least 50% of a member company’s business or representing at least $10 million of the  company’s sales.

Distribution is defined as the buying and reselling of packaging materials and related components from manufacturers or companies that supply Containers. A distributor can be a wholly owned subsidiary, but not the sales arm for a manufacturing company or manufacturers representative of a company.

Upon election of membership, annual membership dues of $4,430 will be invoiced. Renewal membership dues will be billed annually.

Companies must sell packaging materials and/or packaging-related services to distributors and fit any of the criteria below. 

-A company that manufactures items used in the container industry and sells them to member distributors.
-A significant portion of business is sold to distributors in the container industry – at minimum 20% or $25 million in Annual Sales to container distributors.
-Must sell to at least 5 members and willing to sell to 50% of the membership.

For any company that does not meet any of the supplier criteria, you can apply to become a member or work with the member companies outside of the framework of the NACD organization. Once you meet the criteria they can reapply to be a supplying company to the NACD organization.

Supplier of Excellence Benefits:

Free Participating in Online Speed Networking
Invitation to attend select sales and packaging webinars organized by the NACD
Invitation to fill open seats on the Industry Advisory Council
Invitation to exhibit at NACD Trade Shows
More than 50% off the non-member exhibition fee
Invitation to the NACD Annual Convention
Recognition on the NACD Website
Submit news to the NACD New and Knowledge newsletter mailed to 1,500 packaging professionals
Eligible for Supplier of the Year Awards
Eligible for Distinguished Service Award
Access to key metrics from the distributor benchmarking report
Your logo is included at the beginning of every NACD webinar along with an explanation of the Supplier of Excellence program
Opportunity to record "What's New” Webinars:  10-minute sales pitch webinars that are emailed to our distributor members
Logos on prominent Excellence signage at Expos and Annual Meeting
Excellence Ribbons and Buttons (Gold) at all Expos
Priority space draw at NACD Trade Shows
Use of the Excellence logo on your marketing materials and website
In-booth Excellence signs at Expos
Free banner ad placement rotating in our email newsletter. Your company is the exclusive advertiser during your ad weeks.
Your company recognized on the Supplier of Excellence Poster mailed to all distributor members.
Priority for presenting NACD educational webinars.
Priority invitation to present education sessions at in-person Expos.

The cost to become a Supplier of Excellence is $4900 per year due immediately upon approval. All employees of your company have membership benefits. 

Companies must sell packaging materials and/or packaging-related services to distributors and fit any of the criteria below. 

• A company that manufactures items used in the container industry and sells them to member distributors.
• A significant portion of business is sold to distributors in the container industry – at minimum 20% or $25 million in Annual Sales to container distributors.
• Must sell to at least 5 members and willing to sell to 50% of the membership.

For any company that does not meet any of the supplier criteria, you can apply to become a member or work with the member companies outside of the framework of the NACD organization. Once you meet the criteria they can reapply to be a supplying company to the NACD organization.

Participating Supplier Benefits:

Free Participating in Online Speed Networking
Invitation to attend select sales and packaging webinars organized by the NACD
Invitation to fill open seats on the Industry Advisory Council
Invitation to exhibit at NACD Trade Shows
More than 50% off the non-member exhibition fee
Invitation to the NACD Annual Convention
Recognition on the NACD Website
Submit news to the NACD New and Knowledge newsletter mailed to 1,500 packaging professionals
Eligible for Supplier of the Year Awards
Eligible for Distinguished Service Award
Access to key metrics from the distributor benchmarking report

The cost to become a Participating Supplier is $2550 per year due immediately upon approval. All employees of your company have membership benefits.