The BCMPA was formed in 2000 and is a well-established trade association, respected throughout the UK and internationally for promoting the strategy of outsourcing to brand owners, retailers, e-commerce and manufacturing companies with the aim of securing business for our Members.
Our high profile has been achieved through a combination of exhibitions, trade press and the BCMPA website, which can attract over 4,000 visitors a month. Our reputation enables us to network with key contacts in the packaging, processing, fulfilment and logistics industries.
As a member you will have a branded profile page on the BCMPA website, displaying a summary of your services, full contact details and a link to your own website. Our comprehensive search facility enables customers to shortlist members with the services they want to outsource. In addition our online enquiry form generates over 750 sales leads a year, which we circulate to members via our eMarketing System.
The BCMPA has excellent contacts with the trade press and online media and can help link you with the channels relevant to your industry sector. We have strong ties with the packaging press (a common denominator for all members) and the BCMPA has a regular monthly feature in Packaging News, including The Contract Packer & Fulfilment title. For coverage across the sectors, see our News page on this website.
In conjunction with Easyfairs, the Association’s major annual exhibition is Contract Pack, now re-badged as Contract Pack & Fulfilment for 2020, with the strapline ‘The future of contract manufacturing, packing, fulfilment & logistics’. The BCMPA features a hospitality lounge, with around 20 members taking stands. In 2019 the BCMPA also exhibited at Making Pharmaceuticals, CHEMUK, Packaging Innovations London, Food Matters Live and The White Label World Expo, and we visited other events to support and promote our members. The Association sponsors ‘Co-Pack and Fulfilment Company of the Year’ at the UK Packaging Awards.
Our Conference provides a unique opportunity for members across all sectors to come together to network and listen to top industry speakers from organisations such as M&S, Packaging Federation, PPMA, Soil Association, BRC and the UK Warehousing Association. Recent topics have included the role of plastics, recycling, Brexit, intelligent labelling and mergers & acquisitions.
First of all, you must have an operational site in the UK which provides contract manufacturing, co-packing, fulfilment or logistics services. Current BCMPA members range from multi-national firms to SMEs turning over less than £1m. What we look for are companies who are professional at what they do and it is our policy to conduct a satisfactory audit visit prior to membership being accepted. Our aim is to ensure that the services of our members meet the high standards expected by the customers who contact us.
If you would like to know more, please email Emma Verkaik, Membership Development & Marketing, on membership@bcmpa.org.uk
Or send us a completed application form (see link top right) and we will be pleased to get in contact with you.
