Mission Statement

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100+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

Serving Manufacturers

And Suppliers in the
Broom & Brush Industry

Brushes and brooms are used in thousands of ways every day — personally, professionally, and in industrial applications. ABMA serves to promote and preserve the long tradition of American manufacturing in this unrenowned but very important industry.

Established in 1917, the American Brush Manufacturers Association includes broom, brush, and mop manufacturers in North America, as well as materials and equipment suppliers from around the globe. Our members include a wealth of experience, knowledge, and creativity, taking great pride in their craft and workmanship to provide the world with a simple tool that we simply could not live without in our everyday lives.

Our Mission

The ABMA exists to help North American brush manufacturers by enhancing industry knowledge, providing an unparalleled variety of networking opportunities and promoting profitability for its members and the industry. ABMA strives to promote and strengthen value for its members to be the preferred and innovative source for broom, brush and mop products worldwide.

IN ADDITION

ABMA Supports

the following objectives

PUBLIC AWARENESS

Create widespread public awareness and understanding of the usefulness, desirability, and health giving benefits of high quality North American made brooms, brushes, mops and/or like products.

COORDINATION OF EFFORTS

ABMA provides the Divisions and their affiliated members coordination of effort and other services to achieve objectives which an individual member could not independently achieve as efficiently, if at all.

LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS

ABMA strives to support its members, by maintaining contacts with appropriate branches of the respective member Governments, to keep abreast of legislation and current developments affecting tariffs, imports, specifications, taxes, etc. and to vigorously oppose any legislation or regulation which adversely affects membership companies.

KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES

ABMA commits to facilitate, on a friendly, personal basis, the exchange of management and technical experiences at Association meetings.

PROFESSIONAL COURTESY

ABMA encourages cooperation as well as mutual respect and understanding between Active, Affiliate and International members.

GLOBAL RECOGNITION

ABMA attends and encourages international trade expositions to represent its Members in the world community of the Industry.

FAIR TRADE PRACTICES

ABMA encourages the fair trade of North American Member-made brooms, brushes, mops and like products.

OPPOSE ILLEGAL IMPORTS

ABMA opposes illegal imports of foreign-made brooms, brushes, mops and like products.

Today's

Brush Industry

Delivers innovative, cost effective solutions to your tough engineering problems. Look to ABMA members for solutions to today's production problems, or tomorrow's needs.