SHDA Associate Membership Application

Associate Membership is available to business entities engaged in the production of Security Hardware who meet the following:
1.The applicant is actually engaged in the production of security hardware or controls such production by contract, licensing agreement, patent, trademark or otherwise;
2.The applicant sells its product to wholesale distributors of security hardware as part of a multi-step distribution process;
3.The applicant has taken title to the security hardware they sell, thus assuming inventory risk.
The undersigned, being engaged in the business of the manufacture of security hardware presently distributed by wholesale distributors, hereby applies for Associate Membership in the Security Hardware Distributors Association and agrees to subscribe to its Constitution and Bylaws.

Please provide the following information:

Company Information

Company Name
Address
City
State
Zip
Work Phone
Work Fax
Website
Company Email

Key Contact Information

First Name:
Last Name:
Title:
Email Address:

Reference Information

Please provide three SHDA members in good standing whom you are currently doing business with that agreed to sponsor your application. These references will be contacted. Click here to view the current Distributor company list.
A. Company Name:
A. Contact Name:
A. Contact Phone:
A. Contact Email:
B. Company Name:
B. Contact Name:
B. Contact Phone:
B. Contact Email:
C. Company Name:
C. Contact Name:
C. Contact Phone:
C. Contact Email:
List company name, location and a contact name for SHDA Distributor Members for whom you are an established vendor:
Company Name:
Contact Name:
Location:
Company Name:
Contact Name:
Location:

Additional Company Information:

Please provide the following information indicating your qualifications for membership.

Applicant is:
Other:
Please provide the date and location of incorporation:
Date: ?
Location:
How many employees do you have at the present time?
Amount of Product Liability Insurance coverage your company currently has:
List any affiliation with any other security supply manufacturers:
List any affiliation with a wholesale distributor of security hardware:

Products

What percentage of your products are sold through wholesale distributors?:
Do you manufacture the products you sell?:
If no, do you control such production by contract, licensing agreement, patent, trademark or otherwise?:
If you control such production, please list circumstances:
Do you own the inventory you sell?:
Do you bill for the product you sell?:
Do you market your security hardware products through wholesale distributors?:
*A wholesaler is anyone that is Business to Business, not Business to Consumer.
List principal security hardware products which your company produces:

Attestations

I hereby certify that the applicant:
Is actually engaged in the production of security hardware or controls such production by contract, licensing agreement, patent, trademark or otherwise.
Sells its product to wholesale distributors of security hardware as part of a multi-step distribution process.
Currently carries a minimum of $2 million dollars in US Product Liability Insurance coverage.
Has taken title to the security hardware they sell, thus assuming inventory risk.
I agree to comply in full with SHDA's Code of Conduct.
I agree to pay the first and second year dues upon approval of my application ($3,600).
It is understood that an Associate Member in good standing is entitled to attend all meetings of the Association, receive all of its publications and enjoy such other privileges as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Associate members may not hold office or vote at meetings of the Association. The Association may require applicants for Associate Membership to provide satisfactory evidence that they are engaged in the manufacture of security hardware. Such evidence shall be afforded confidential treatment.
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