UK industry organisations & trade associations

Ceramics

Brick Development Association http://www.brick.org.uk/

Brick Industry Association (BIA) http://www.bia.org/

British Ceramic Confederation (BCC) http://www.ceramfed.co.uk/

British Ceramic Plant and Machinery Manufacturers Association (BCPMMA) http://www.bcpmma.com/

British Glass http://www.britglass.co.uk/

Ceramic Manufacturer's Association (CerMA) http://www.cerma.org/

CERAM Research Ltd http://www.ceram.co.uk/

Concrete Society http://www.concrete.org.uk/

Construction Products Association http://www.constprod.org.uk/pages/index.asp

Glass Technology Services (GTS) http://www.glass-ts.com/

Glassfibre Reinforced Concrete Association part of the Concrete Society http://www.grca.org.uk/index.php?item=contact

Society of Glass Technology http://www.sgt.org/

Composites

British Plastics Federation, Composites Group http://www.bpf.co.uk/Members/Composites_Group.aspx

Composites Processing Association http://www.composites-proc-assoc.co.uk/

Material KTN's composites sector http://www.materialsktn.net

Technical Textiles www.technicaltextiles.co.uk The TTE is a group of the UK's leading Technical Textile manufacturers, providing products for a variety of applications including composites and smart materials.

Metals

Aluminium Can Recycling Association http://www.alucan.org.uk/

Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (ALUPRO) http://www.alupro.org.uk/

Aluminium Federation (ALFED) http://www.alfed.org.uk/

Association of Welding Distributors http://www.awd.org.uk/site/Open_area/frameset.html

Brass http://www.brass.org/

British Abrasives Federation (BAF) http://www.thebaf.org.uk

British Coatings Federation Ltd. (BCF) http://www.coatings.org.uk/

British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) http://www.bcsa.org.uk/

British Electroless Nickel Society http://www.sea.org.uk/sea_page.aspx?id=199

British Investment Casting Trade Association (BICTA) now part of the Cast Metals Federation http://www.castmetalsfederation.com/

British Industrial Furnace Constructors Association http://www.bifca.org.uk/

British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA) http://www.recyclemetals.org/

British Metallurgical Plant Constructor's Association (BMPCA) http://www.bmpca.org.uk/

British Stainless Steel Association (BSSA) http://www.bssa.org.uk/

Cast Metals Federation (CMF) http://www.castmetalsfederation.com/

Castings Development Centre (CDC) renamed Castings Technology International (Cti) http://www.castingsdev.com/

Cobalt Development Institute http://www.thecdi.com/

Confederation of British Metalforming (CBM) http://www.britishmetalforming.com/html

Contract Heat Treatment Association http://www.chta.co.uk/

Copper Development Association (US) http://www.copper.org/

Copper Development Association UK http://www.cda.org.uk/

Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association http://www.eemua.co.uk/index2.htm

The Fastener and Engineering Research Association (FERA) http://www.fera.org.uk/

Federation of British Hand Tool Manufacturers www.britishtools.co.uk

Galvanizers Association http://www.hdg.org.uk/

The Gauge Toolmakers Association (GTMA) http://www.gtma.co.uk/

The Goldsmiths' Company http://www.thegoldsmiths.co.uk/

The Institute of Metal Finishing http://www.uk-finishing.org.uk/

Institute of Spring Technology (IST) http://www.ist.org.uk/

International Steel Trade Association (ITSA) http://www.steeltrade.co.uk/index.html

The Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau (ISSB) http://www.issb.co.uk/

The Ironmongers' Company http://www.ironhall.co.uk/

International Lead Association (ILA) (formerly Lead Development Association LDA) http://www.ila-lead.org/

Lead Constructors Association http://www.lca.gb.com

Lead Sheet Association http://www.leadsheet.co.uk

Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) (formerly The Machine Tool Technologies Association (MTTA)) http://www.mta.org.uk/

Marine Corrosion Forum http://www.marinecorrosionforum.org/

Metal Finishing Association http://www.sea.org.uk/sea_page.aspx?id=90

Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association http://www.mpma.org.uk/

Metallography http://www.metallography.com/

NAMTEC http://www.namtec.co.uk/

National Association of Steel Stockholders (NASS) http://www.nass.org.uk/

Nickel Institute http://www.nickelinstitute.org/

SAMPE Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering - UK and Ireland http://www.sampe.org.uk/

Stainless Steel Advisory Service (SSAS) http://www.bssa.org.uk/about_bssa.php?id=50

Stainless Steel Appeal http://www.stainlessappeal.com/

Stainless Steel Forum http://worldsteel.org/

Steel Can Recycling Information Bureau http://www.scrib.org/

Steel Construction Institute http://www.steel-sci.org/

Tantalum-Niobium International Study Centre http://www.tanb.org/

Titanium Information Group http://www.titaniuminfogroup.co.uk/

UK Magnetics Society http://www.ukmagsoc.co.uk/

UK Spring Manufacturers' Association Association (formerly SRMA Spring Research Manufacturers Association) http://www.uksma.org.uk/

UK Steel http://www.eef.org.uk/uksteel/default.htm

Uranium Institute renamed World Nuclear Association
http://www.world-nuclear.org/

VANITEC (the Vanadium International Technical Committee) http://www.vanitec.org/

Wolfson Heat Treatment Centre http://sea.org.uk/whtc/

World Bureau of Metals Statistics http://www.world-bureau.com/

World Gold Council http://www.gold.org/

The Worshipful Company of Engineers http://www.engineerscompany.org.uk/

The Worshipful Company of Pewterers http://www.pewterers.org.uk/

The Worshipful Company of Turners of London http://www.turnersco.com/

The Worshipful Company of Tinplate Workers alias Wire Workers of the City of London http://www.tinplateworkers.co.uk/

Zinc Information Centre (ZInC) http://www.zincinfocentre.org/

Plastics and Rubber

British Adhesives and Sealants Association (BASA) http://www.basa.uk.com/

British Plastics Federation (BPF) http://www.bpf.co.uk/

The Gauge Toolmakers Association (GTMA) http://www.gtma.co.uk/

International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) http://www.rubberstudy.com/

The Macro Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Society of Chemical Industry http://www.macrogroup.org.uk/

Materials Engineering Research Laboratory Ltd (MERL)
http://www.merl-ltd.co.uk/

Oxo-Biodegradable Plastics Association http://www.biodeg.org

The Packaging and Films Association (PAFA) http://www.pafa.org.uk/

Plastics and Board Industries Federation (PBIF) http://pbif.co.uk/

Plastics and Rubber Machinery Manufacturing Association (PRMMA) http://www.parmma.com/

Polymer Machinery Manufacturers and Distributors Association Ltd. (PMMDA) http://www.pmmda.org.uk/

Process Industries Centre for Manufacturing Excellence (PICME) http://www.picme.org/

Processing and Packaging Machinery Association (PPMA) http://www.ppma.co.uk/

Society for Adhesion and Adhesives http://www.uksaa.org/

Scottish Plastic and Rubber Association (SPRA) http://www.spra.org.uk/

Surface Engineering

British Surface Treatment Suppliers Association (BSTSA) http://www.bstsa.org.uk/

International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE) http://www.ifhtse.org/

Surface Engineering Association (SEA) http://www.sea.org.uk/

The Thermal Spraying and Surface Engineering Association (TSSEA) http://www.tssea.org/

Minerals & Mining

Association of Mining Analysts http://www.ama.org.uk/

British Aggregates Association http://www.british-aggregates.co.uk/

British Geological Survey http://www.bgs.ac.uk/

British Geotechnical Association BGA http://www.britishgeotech.org.uk/

British Tunnelling Society BTS www.britishtunnelling.org/

Coal Merchants Federation www.coalmerchants.co.uk/welcome.htm

Coal Research Forum http://www.coalresearch.forum.org/

Geological Society http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/

Geologists' Association www.geologist.demon.co.uk/

Institute of Explosives Engineers www.iexpe.org/

Institute of Quarrying http://www.quarrying.org/

Midland Institute of Mining Engineers www.themime.org.uk/

Mineral Industry Research Organisation MIRO www.miro.co.uk

Mineral Industry Sustainable Technology Programme MIST
http://www.mi-st.org.uk/

Mineral Product Association http://www.mineralproducts.org - merger between the British Cement Association, the Quarry Products Association and the Concrete Centre

Mineralogical Society www.minersoc.org/

Minerals Engineering Society www.mineralsengineering.org/

Mining Association of the United Kingdom (MAUK) www.mauk.org.uk/

North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers www.mininginstitute.org.uk/

Quarry Products Association http://www.qpa.org/ - now Mineral Product Association

World Coal Institute http://www.wci-coal.com/