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The Manufacturers Association for Plastics Processors (MAPP) is a not-for-profit professional organization founded for the purpose of helping plastics processors stay competitive in an ever-changing plastics marketplace.

Overview
Founded in 1997, The Manufacturers Association of Plastics Processors is a trade association that serves one of the largest and fastest growing industries in the United States. MAPP was founded as a statewide initiative designed to develop the plastics sector in Indiana, and has since grown to serve plastics processors across the nation.

The association publishes an annual wage and salary survey focused on the plastics sector, as well as an industry-wide study on the economic impact of the plastics industry. In addition to benchmarking studies, the association also hosts plant tours, conferences and events, and facilitates a networking of manufacturing executives that include companies with less than $2,000,000 in annual revenue to some of the United States' largest plastics manufacturers.

MAPP also publishes Plastics Business Magazine, a quarterly journal serving the plastics industry.

Unlike other trade associations in the plastics sector, MAPP does not engage in significant lobbying activity, and instead focuses on business improvement and making plastics manufacturers in the United States competitive with their global counterparts. MAPP, and similar organizations serving American manufacturing, hope to see an increase in insourcing or "re-shoring".

Benchmarking and Best Practices Conference
MAPP hosts the Annual Benchmarking and Best Practices Conference, a plastics oriented event occurring every fall in Indianapolis, Indiana. The conference is focused on benchmarking, best practices, process improvement, and strengthening the plastics industry by developing a network of business owners and executives.