Precision Metalforming Association or PMA is a trade association[1] representing the $137-billion metalforming industry of North America: the industry that creates precision metal products using stamping, fabricating, spinning, slide forming and roll forming technologies, and other value-added processes.
PMA’s origin was the Pressed Metal Association founded in 1913; the group disbanded during the Great Depression.
The Stamping division was formed in 1987 when the AMSA changed its name to the Precision Metalforming Association, to better demonstrate industries the PMA serves.
Additional, PMA is an advocacy group attempting to influence policy makers in Washington DC through a partnership with the National Tooling and Machining Association on topics like supply chain, safety regulations and taxes.
[5] In March 2023 the association elected Jeff Aznavorian, president of Plymouth, Michigan-based Clips & Clamps Industries, as its 2023 chairman of the board.