Membership Types

Regular Membership – $1600 / year

Manufacturers of parts and components using the photo chemical machining process.

Associate Membership – $1600 / year

Engaged in supplying material, chemistry, tooling, equipment and supplies for use the PCM process, or in providing services such as plating, forming and other secondary services.

Regular/Associate Membership – $925 / year

Companies with less than 10 employees.

Technical Membership – free

Technical liaison members are non-dues paying members, elected at the discretion of the Board of Directors. Members are generally affiliated with colleges and universities.

Senior Membership – free

To be eligible for senior membership, a person must be over 62 years of age and be semi-retired or retired. The senior member does not have a vote but may hold office.

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“Through the PCMI, we learned of Professor David Allen’s availability to perform an evaluation of etching facilities with a view towards enhancing operational efficiencies and otherwise lowering costs. David identified several opportunities for improving our operation that resulted in a measurable increase in our operating margin. After the cost of the evaluation, Conard’s savings justified the PCMI’s dues by a factor of 20 or more - per annum!” Bill Fox, President, Conard Corp.

“Every PCMI meeting I attend provides insights and hints to improve the processes used back at our shops and factories. The wealth of information exchanged at these meetings is invaluable. Time saving shortcuts and formula tweaks are but a couple of valuable perks I have brought home.” Phil Greiner, Design Engineering Manager, PEI

"The most important thing for me at the PCMI is networking.

Having the right contacts, based on trust and integrity, mutual problems may change into mutual benefits."

Harrie Knol, Manager,
R&D, Veco,
The Netherlands

"When I first purchased my PCM company, the only knowledge of chemical etching that I had was what I had learned from visiting my uncle’s circuit board company.

I joined PCMI shortly after I purchased my company. Over the years the PCMI technical sessions and the chance to learn and talk with other owners and suppliers at meetings has contributed to my firm's growth and profitability in an environmentally friendly manner.

The cost of PCMI membership has been well worth the money."

Jerry Williams, President,
United Western Enterprises, Inc.
Camarillo, California, USA

"I joined PCMI in 1994 when my company was just a small local job shop encountering dozens of daily problems for which we were ill equipped to solve. As we developed relationships with other PCMI members, they shared their experiences and we learned to work more effectively and efficiently.

Today I only have to make a few phone calls to my PCMI friends and I can get answers to pressing problems right away. PCMI membership and conference attendance has proven to be of great importance to the growth and development of my company."

Paolo Iellici, General Manager,
Chemical Machining Spa,
San Donato Milanese, Italy