CM Services Announces New Management Partnership with Thermoset Resin Formulators Association
June 19, 2003
GLEN ELLYN, IL -- CM Services, Inc., The Association Partnership Company®, today announced a new partnership with the Thermoset Resin Formulators Association (TRFA). CM Services has been successfully creating and maintaining long-term partnerships with national and international trade associations for twenty-six years.
The Association comprised of former members of the Thermoset Technology Division of the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. has been independently incorporated as a non-profit trade association. TRFA will host its first Annual Meeting and Technical Conference November 10-11, 2003, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Since 1957 the Thermoset Technology Division of the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (formerly the Epoxy Resin Formulators Division) has been the only organization dedicated to serving the needs and interests of thermoset formulators. In 2002, Division leaders concerned about the future direction of the association initiated discussions about establishing a separate organization to better meet the needs of this industry. After a series of meetings, the group completed appropriate legal filings to establish itself as the Thermoset Resin Formulators Association and established association offices in Glen Ellyn, Ill.
"At CM Services, our mission is to partner with associations to develop, maintain and advance their missions, " said Jerilyn J. Church, CAE, CM Services' Vice President. "We believe our partnership with TRFA is an ideal match of our core strengths and goals."
CM Services also partners with the American Fence Association, the Bearing Specialists Association, the Ceramic Tile Distributors Association, the National Association of Consumer Debt Settlement Companies, the National Church Goods Association, the Plastic Pipe and Fittings Association, and the Polyurethane Manufacturers Association. "Our partnership philosophy requires us to become knowledgeable about the industries we represent and helps us to grow our association partners," said Rick Church, CM Services' Vice President of Associations.
The International Association of Association Management Companies (IAAMC) awarded CM Services Inc. charter accreditation status in 2002. CM Services is also a charter-accredited association management company by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE).
CM Services Inc. The Association Partnership Company® offers a set of essential and customized services, called Targeted Partnership Services®, to certain types of associations. The company works to be the best in the world at specific services for each of its association partners.
Essential services include financial management, budgeting, prompt response to inquiries and orders, meeting and convention planning and management, and member and database management. Customized services may include such functions as the facilitation of industry standards development, collection and publication of statistical data, strategic business planning, public relations strategies, and special membership and marketing initiatives.
To learn more about CM Services, Inc. and its Targeted Partnership Services® contact the company at (800) 613-6672 or by email at partner@cmservices.com.
To learn more about TRFA, including membership, please contact the association office at (630) 942-6596.
