The Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association (MPMA), formally established in 1967, is a progressive trade association providing leadership and quality service to its members and the plastics industry.

MPMA is the official voice of the Malaysian plastics industry, representing its members and the industry in Government interaction, spearheading the plastics industry’s growth and providing the platform for training of members to upgrade the technological level of the plastics industry.

MPMA currently has over 900 members, which represent about 60 percent of plastics manufacturers in the country and account for 80 percent of the country's total production of plastic products.


Contact Details:

Office Address:	37 Jalan 20/14 Paramount Garden 46300 Petaling Jaya Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia
Telephone:	+60(3) 7876 3027
Facsimile:	+60(3) 7876 8352
Email:	info@mpma.org.my
Location Map:	Map to MPMA

Vision:

To be a progressive trade association providing leadership to the plastics industry

Mission Statement:

• We strive to provide quality service to our members
• We seek to transform the plastics industry into a global player through the collective efforts of plastics manufacturers in the country and to achieve this through balanced growth with due environmental care to the community

• To promote the use, manufacture and processing of plastics
• To protect, assist and enhance the interest of manufacturers of plastics
• To organise and provide various means of training to help upgrade the technological level of the plastics industry
• To encourage co-operation among manufacturers of plastic products both within and outside Malaysia
• To gather, analyse and provide statistical and technical data as well as other information of interest
• To provide a platform for members to interact and to foster closer rapport among members
• To co-operate with other trade associations, non-governmental organisations and other bodies of common interest to ensure the healthy growth of the plastics industry
• To collaborate with the Government in the promotion of the plastics industry towards achieving the country’s vision of becoming a developed nation by the year 2020
• To promote the growth of the plastics industry and transform it into a global player taking into cognisance its social responsibility towards the environment and community

Activities:

• Setting up a plastics technology training centre to provide skills-upgrading training courses to its members
• Undertaking the function of writing industry standards for plastics so as to upgrade its members’ technology and competitiveness
• Undertaking the responsibility of plastics waste management and to carry out various work programmes to reduce, reuse and recycle plastics
• Organising seminars, talks, forums and conferences
• Organising short-term courses on plastics, mould making and mould desing, etc
• Organising overseas trade missions
• Organising and participating in trade missions
• Organising and participating in trade exhibitions, both locally and internationally
• Co-ordinating the display of members’ products at MPMA’s plastics product showcase via the Internet
• Publishing a Member’s Directory on a biannual basis
• Publishing a quarterly in-house magazine, ‘Malaysian Plastics Digest’, informing members on the latest plastics technologies, plastics industry developments and activities of the Association
• Arranging dialogues with members of various sub-process groups
• Conducting studies and collecting general statistical information on the plastics industry
• Participating in regional plastics industries groupings, that is, the ASEAN Federation of Plastics Industries (AFPI) and the Asia Plastics Forum (APF)