Join Now! Member Login Why PPAChicago? From meeting other industry professionals to increasing your profits, there are many reasons to join and become an active member for PPAChicago. You can easily download our membership application by clicking on the link below. Membership Application Membership Requirements Any company engaged as a Promotional Product Supplier, Distributor, Service or Marketing firm or Supplier Representative is eligible for consideration for membership in PPAChicago. Organizations such as advertising agencies, trade associations, public relations firms or other businesses that are normally customers of Distributors or which are primarily end users of promotional products are not eligible for membership in this Association. Membership in PPAChicago is open to companies described below who are engaged in the manufacture or distribution of advertising specialty products. Membership requirements are: 1. Applicant must be a member of PPAI; or 2. Applicant must be listed by ASI for a minimum of six (6) months; or 3. Provide additional information: a. A Supplier applicant must provide purchase orders from ten (10) different ASI listed Distributors b. A Distributor applicant must provide invoices from ten (10) ASI-listed Suppliers. Note: Purchase orders or invoices submitted must be for actual orders and not sample purchases. Categories of Companies Eligible for Membership Distributor A company which develops ideas for the use of promotional products as an advertising or promotional medium, buys such items from suppliers, and sells them to advertisers is eligible for membership as a Distributor. Distributors sell, bill and carry their own accounts receivable in their own name and operate at their own place of business. Supplier A company which manufactures, imports, converts, imprints or otherwise offers promotional products for sale through the distributor as its principal business, or maintains a division or department devoted exclusively for this work, is eligible for membership as a Supplier. Service/Marketing A company which provides marketing services for one or more promotional products suppliers is eligible for membership as a Supplier. Supplier Representative A company which provides sales and/or marketing services for one or more Association Supplier member companies who do their own invoicing is eligible for membership as a Supplier.

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