Membership Benefits 

Membership Fees

Entrance Fee: RM250.00 (one-time, non-refundable)

Ordinary Membership

Annual subscription fee is based on the number of employees.

Association Membership

RM1,500.00 annually

Affiliate Membership

RM3,000.00 annually

Rule 4: Membership

There shall be three (3) classes of members, namely:
4.1  Ordinary Member

1.  Any body corporate registered in Malaysia involved in downstream plastics mechanical conversion activities and related secondary processes shall be eligible as an ordinary member. Plastics mechanical conversion is defined as a process that transforms raw or semi-finished polymeric materials into semi-finished or finished plastics products. Such processes include: 

• all extrusion and intrusion processes including compounding, recycling, profile-making, pipes, tubes, sheets and others;
• all blow moulding processes;
• all injection and compression moulding processes;
• all blown and cast film processes;
• all vacuum and thermo-forming processes;
• all printing processes;
• all lamination processes;
• all other secondary processes to further enhance the value of the finished or semi-finished plastics products.

2. Ordinary members shall have voting rights and shall be eligible for election to any office of the Association provided that the Ordinary members are not in arrears of any annual subscription and have paid the current year subscription on or before 28th February of the year.

4.2  Associate Members

1. Any body corporate (registered in Malaysia or Overseas) engaged in the supply of machinery or goods or services to or in the sale of products of any plastics manufacturer may become an ASSOCIATE member of the Association.
2. Associate members shall have no voting rights and shall be ineligible for election to any office of the Association.

4.3  Affiliate Members

1. Industry associations or industry groups based in Malaysia.
2. Affiliate members shall have no voting rights and shall be ineligible for election to any office of the Association.

4.4 Ordinary, Associate and Affiliate members shall enjoy equal benefits and shall be bound by these Rules and Regulations of the Association.

4.5 Application for Membership

1. Any body corporate may apply to be a member of the Association by submitting its application directly to the Association or the Association’s branch office in the state in which the body corporate is carrying its business.
2. A candidate applying for membership of the Association shall be proposed by a member of the Association and seconded by another member, and shall complete and sign an Application Form giving all requisite particulars and undertaking to abide by the Rules and Regulations of the Association.

4.6  Approval of Membership

1. The power to approve application for membership of all classes shall be vested in the Central Committee or the Steering Committee. The Central Committee have granted the Steering Committee the power to deal with the application for membership.
2. In areas where there are Branches, application for membership from such areas must be submitted to the respective Branch Committee, which will recommend acceptance or rejection to the Central Committee and Steering Committee.
3. The Central Committee or the Steering Committee may, at its discretion, reject any application without assigning any reason therefore.

Rule 5: Termination and Dismissal of Members

5.1  Termination

1. Any member may terminate its membership by giving the Association or the Association’s Branch Office notice in writing to that effect provided that such member shall pay all outstanding sum due and payable by member to the Association including the subscription fee due for the month in which such notice is given.
2. Any terminated member may reapply as member by submitting its application to the Association or the Association’s branch office provided that there are no arrears in the subscription fees and/or any outstanding sum due by the such member to the Association. 

5.2  Dismissal

1.  The Central Committee may at any time terminate, expel its member or suspend their membership on the following grounds of:

• misconduct on the member; or;
• in the opinion of the Central Committee, the act of the member is injurious to the interest of the Association or 
• member have contravened any of the Rule and Regulations of the Association; or
• member’s fails to pay their annual subscription fee within the stipulated period 

provided that notice in writing has been given to the member to rectify the situation within fourteen (14) days from the date of the notice, failing which the Central Committee shall proceed to execute any termination or expulsion or suspension of the member without further reference to the member.

2. Any affected member shall have the right to appeal against the decision made by the Central Committee in regard to Rule 5.2 (a) hereof by giving a notice in writing of seven (7) days to the Central Committee to discuss the expulsion/termination/suspension of the affected member, and if need be, hold an inquiry/meeting and have the affected member present together Central Committee to provide for the affected member a platform for a fair hearing before the Central Committee Members. Any decision or verdict made by the Central Committee shall be final and binding on the affected member and there is no further appeal to be made by the affected member.

Rule 6: Annual Subscription and Funds

6.1  Entrance Fee

1. Every application for membership shall be charged with a one-time Entrance Fee of Ringgit Malaysia Two Hundred Fifty (RM250) only and to be paid to the Head Office. The Entrance Fee paid shall not be refundable.

6.2  Annual Subscription Fee

1. The annual subscription payable by each ORDINARY member shall be according to the number of employees of each member as follows:

2. The annual subscription payable by each ASSOCIATE member shall be Ringgit Malaysia One Thousand Five Hundred (RM1,500.00) only.
3. The annual subscription payable by each AFFILIATE member shall be Ringgit Malaysia Three Thousand (RM3,000.00) only.

6.3  Payment of Membership Fees

1. All Subscription Fee shall be paid annually in advance and shall become due and payable on 1st January each year.

6.4  Prorated Membership Fees

1. For new member, the first year’s subscription shall become due and payable on the date of receipt of the Association’s approval and notice of admission as member by the new member. The new member’s first year subscription shall be prorated if the member joins after 1st January each year. The new member shall pay the Entrance Fee in full and no proration shall be applicable for the Entrance Fee.

Download MPMA Rules Book and Membership Application Forms

MPMA Rules Book


Ordinary Member Application Form

Associate Member Application Form

Affiliate Member Application Form