The Western Plastic Association (WPA) is a trade association dedicated to representing the broad interests of the Plastic Industry in the Western States and Canadian Provinces of North America. Our goal is to unify the Industry and educate legislators and the public through programs and newsletters.

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The Flexible Packaging Association is one of the leading trade associations for converters of flexible packaging and suppliers to the industry.

ASTM International, formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), is a globally recognized leader in the development and delivery of international voluntary consensus standards. Today, some 12,000 ASTM standards are used around the world to improve product quality, enhance safety, facilitate market access and trade, and build consumer confidence.

The Professional Chefs Association Inc. was formed in July 1997 by Walter Neuhold. Chef Neuhold, who's career began in Austria and has had him cook for Pope John II, Queen Elizabeth and former President Ronald Reagan, along with numerous world leaders, movie stars, and so on during his travels around the world. His focus is culinary excellence through exchange of knowledge, through networking and by combining expertise to benefit one another.

FoodSafety.gov is the gateway to food safety information provided by government agencies.

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The National Geographic Society aims to be an international leader for global conservation and environmental sustainability. Learn more about the Society's green philosophy and initiatives.

The "Save the Plastic Bag" Coalition was formed in June 2008. The sole purpose of the coalition is to inform decision-makers and the public about the environmental impacts of plastic bags, paper bags, and reusable bags. The anti-plastic bag campaign is largely based on myths, misinformation, and exaggerations. The coalition responds with environmental truth and is asking for Environmental Impact Reports.

Packaging Today delivers live packaging news, headlines, and feature stories of interest to packaging companies, packaging suppliers, and the packaging industry 24 hours a day, every day.

As a leading national healthcare group purchasing organization (GPO), Amerinet believes the only path right for your healthcare facility is the one designed only for you. Amerinet will help you create that path and then follow it confidently with the right mix of GPO tools, guidance and ongoing support.

The combination of MedAssets and Broadlane creates the industry's leading end-to-end financial improvement partner.

Innovatix is the nation's largest group purchasing organization (GPO) serving the non-acute care marketplace. Today, we help thousands of members throughout the United States and Puerto Rico achieve substantial savings on their daily purchases.

MedAssets offers comprehensive financial performance solutions improve healthcare providers’ operating margins and cash flow delivering the potential to increase a typical health systems net patient revenue by 1-3% and decrease supply expense by 3-10%.

Managed Health Care Associates, Inc. (MHA) is a leading health care service company that offers a growing portfolio of services and solutions to support the diverse and complex needs of the alternate site healthcare provider.

Serving more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals and 73,000-plus other healthcare sites, the Premier healthcare alliance and its members are transforming healthcare together.

The California Film Extruders and Converters Association is a trade association of manufacturers and suppliers dedicated to representing impartially the broad interests of the plastic film extruding and converting industry, and inclusive of other plastic categories in the Western United States and Western Canada. CFECA strives to be the nation's leading regional trade organization in the plastic industry.