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Who should join the Tarp Association?
The Tarp Association is open to companies who manufacture or supply material, equipment or services to the truck cover and tarpaulin industry. This includes truck cover and tarp fabricators, curtainsider manufacturers, and suppliers and distributors of fabric, hardware, and equipment related to the industry. If this is your industry, we are your trade association. To date, we represent more than 120 companies who have discovered the benefits of a Tarp Association membership.

Part of the Tarp Association’s mission/objective is to strive to promote and enhance the common interests of the Truck Cover and Tarp Industry. 

Tarp Association’s objectives and steps to achieving them:

Provide a vehicle for association members to promote their products and services.
  • Research has begun for the bi-annual Guide/Membership Diecrtory (if you are not a member and you are thinking about joining now is the time).
  • www.tarpquote.com was developed to generate additional leads for TA members while at the same time saving fleet owners and owner oprators time and effort to get a vast amount of quotes.
  • Ads have been placed in trucking magazines and newspapers to promote www.tarpquote.com

Tarp Association will exhibit on behalf of its members at the following Trade Shows

  • The Las Vegas Truck Show 
  • The  Mid-America Trucking Show
Conduct research into all fields of the industry on behalf of association members. Study and report on any matters of state and national legislation affecting the industry and represent the members before any legislative bodies.
  • Tarp Association will continue to research and monitor and distribute the Guide to Commercial Vehicle Covering and Cargo Control Laws. ( USA and Canada
Direct the efforts of association members toward the use of materials and production methods, for greater efficiency and progressively better quality industrial textile products.
  • Tarp Association continues to look for new ways to help improve the industry.
Establish cooperative relations with all related organizations in matters and activities of mutual interest and benefit.
  • Network with similar organizations
Strive for continuous improvement in the quality of both production and maintenance of textile products for the benefit of all customers.
 
Advise all members of new and improved materials, methods and techniques designed to improve the quality of their work or the efficiency of their production.

Accept the responsibility of sound and ethical business practices as the collective aim of the association. - All IFAI/Tarp Association members commit to adhere to the FTC Compliance Laws

How do I join?
Contact Andrew Aho, Managing Director of Tarp Association at +1 651 225 6907 or e-mail at with additional questions.

Membership Options:

Silver Membership benefits                                              
Listing in the directory (which is distributed at two+ trade shows a year)
Listing in the on line membership directory
Leads from www.tarpquote.com
Recognition
at trade shows

Gold Membership benefits
Listing in the directory (which is distributed at two+ trade shows a year)
Listing in the on line membership directory
Membership in the Chairman’s Club Membership – special section on www.tarpassociation.com includes a company description and a live link to your web site.
A free banner ad on www.tarpquote.com
Company literature in the TA booth at various trucking shows
Free new product listings on www.tarpassociation.com
Leads
from the www.tarpquote.com.

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