PMA A-NZ - About

History

Our Background

PMA Australia-New Zealand Limited is the first stand-alone global affiliate of Produce Marketing Association (PMA) - the leading global trade association serving the entire produce and floral supply chains by enhancing the marketing of produce, floral, and related products and services worldwide. PMA members are buyers and sellers from every segment of the produce and floral supply chain.

The overall objective of the organisation is to "connect, inform and deliver business solutions that enhance members' prosperity". It will do this through quality net-working events and providing educational and insightful information to its members that has real practical usage.

Since 2005, Australian and New Zealand members of PMA have been represented by a local Country Council and in 2008, it was decided to form a new entity that, in addition to the services offered by PMA, would also offer services that were directly relevant to these regional members. This new entity, PMA Australia-New Zealand Limited was incorporated on 1st October 2009 as a non-profit company.

PMA Australia-New Zealand operates under an Affiliate Agreement with PMA, which covers the use of PMA's intellectual property, the two-way flow of information and services and the sharing of member fees collected by PMA Australia-New Zealand (40% of fees are rebated back to PMA). Members of PMA Australia-New Zealand are automatically members of PMA, although the reverse does not apply.

Our Member Services

As PMA Australia‐New Zealand is in its early stages of development, the range of services in the first year will be limited to:

1. The annual PMA Fresh Connections Conference & Expo the major networking and educational conference that brings together all the leading companies throughout the supply chain in the fresh produce and floral industries in this part of the world.
2. Fresh Forums, a series of seminars and workshops held throughout the year across Australia and New Zealand on the topics that really matter to you at the time.
3. Our Information Program, bringing to you the latest trends, data and information in a way that is accessible and useful to your business.
4. Through our collaboration with the PMA Foundation for Industry Talent, working towards attracting new talent to our industry and then ensuring that they are well trained and become as passionate about the industry as our members are.

For further information on PMA's full range of global services, click here.