TMP Associazione Italiana Tecnici Materie Plastiche

What TMP Associazione Italiana Tecnici Materie Plastiche does

TMP Associazione Italiana Tecnici Materie Plastiche is an Italian voluntary non-profit professional association founded in 1979 and headquartered in Milano (Via Eritrea 21), dedicated to plastics technicians, engineers, scientists, and industry specialists. The association's core mission is to inform and update plastics professionals on materials, applications, design, and emerging technologies, while promoting the technical and professional growth of its members across the Italian plastics value chain — from raw material producers and compounders to machinery makers, mold manufacturers, and processors.

TMP operates a portfolio of member-facing offerings: the monthly Plastix magazine (8 issues per year) published in partnership with Tecniche Nuove; the annual Congresso delle Materie Plastiche attracting 250–300 attendees; the Piazza TMP collective space at major trade fairs such as MECSPE, PLAST, Fakuma, Equiplast, and Chinaplas; the Premio di Laurea academic award; the Progetto Scuola educational outreach program targeting secondary schools, ITS institutes, and universities; and specialized training courses under the Ciclo Corsi Specialistici umbrella in collaboration with GS4Plastic. Members receive discounted access to laboratory, research, consulting, and training services at partner institutions including Proplast, GS4Plastic, RDLab137, Lean Plastic Center, IIP, and Cesap.

The association generates revenue primarily through tiered annual membership fees: €10 for student members, €110 for ordinary members, and €400 for supporting companies (which registers up to three technical employees per company). With over 100 member companies and an 11-person staff, TMP is a small, member-funded organization governed by a Board of Directors currently led by President Alan Catturini (term 2026–2029). Leadership is distributed across representatives of major Italian plastics firms (Arca Polimeri, Tecniche Nuove, Allod, Radici, LATI, Franplast, EMS Chemie, Aquatechnik, Ewikon Italia, CB Costruzioni Brescianini, and Polyram), embedding industry ownership into the association's governance.

Name

TMP Associazione Italiana Tecnici Materie Plastiche

Legal name

TMP Ass. Italiana tra i tecnici delle materie plastiche

Website

https://associazionetmp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TMP is an Italian voluntary non-profit professional association founded in 1979 that serves plastics technicians, engineers, and industry companies through publications, training, trade fair presence, and networking across the Italian plastics value chain.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Milano

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: TMP generates revenue primarily through annual membership fees paid by ordinary members, supporting companies, student members, and affiliated institutions. Membership fees range from €10 for students to €400 for supporting companies, with the membership valid for the calendar year and automatically renewed unless 90 days' notice is given.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

TMP is a voluntary non-profit professional association that informs and updates plastics technicians on materials, applications, design, and new technologies. It sells annual memberships, publishes the Plastix magazine, and runs the annual Congresso delle Materie Plastiche, Piazza TMP trade fair spaces, specialized training courses, the Premio di Laurea award, and the Progetto Scuola educational outreach program for the Italian plastics industry.

Product overview

TMP - Associazione Italiana Tecnici Materie Plastiche is a professional voluntary association founded in 1979 that serves as a knowledge-sharing and professional development hub for the Italian plastics industry. The association offers a portfolio of services including the official publication Plastix Magazine, the annual Congresso delle Materie Plastiche congress, Piazza TMP exhibition spaces at trade fairs, the Premio di Laurea academic award program, Progetto Scuola educational outreach, and specialized training courses through Ciclo Corsi Specialistici. These offerings work together to inform and update plastics technicians on materials, applications, design, and new technologies while promoting technical culture and professional growth among members.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ordinary Membership (Socio Ordinario)

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GS4PLASTIC Srl Società BenefitcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGS4PLASTIC is a 2020-founded innovative startup and Benefit Company providing integrated solutions in the plastics sector. The partnership involves joint organization of highly specialized courses covering injection molding and blow molding topics. GS4Plastic also offers preferential laboratory, research, consulting and training rates to TMP members.
• RDLab137coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRDLab137 is an independent research and development center with over 30 years of experience in material characterization and analysis. The laboratory offers preferential rates on chemical-physical, mechanical, and compositional measurements to TMP members. Services range from standardized testing to customized diagnostic instrumentation design.
• SENAF / MECSPEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSenaf is a company with 30 years of experience in organizing trade fairs and congresses across multiple industrial sectors. TMP participates at MECSPE in Bologna with 'Piazza TMP' - an exclusive collective space for members featuring demonstrations and technical meetings. Senaf belongs to the Editoriale Tecniche Nuove Group.
• Tecniche NuovecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTecniche Nuove is the leading B2B communication publisher in Italy, supporting industrial and professional development through valuable content, training, and market connections. The group provides over 120 editorial platforms, events, trade fairs and digital services. TMP collaborates with Tecniche Nuove to organize the annual Plastics Congress and publishes the Plastix magazine.
• Women in Plastics ItalyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWomen in Plastics Italy is a non-profit association founded in 2024 (evolved from an existing community of women professionals in the plastics sector) that promotes and protects female talent in the industry. TMP co-organizes events with this association and grants its patronage to joint initiatives. The organization aims to spread sustainability culture and create professional support networks.
• Consorzio ProplastminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerProplast consortium offers preferential laboratory, research, consulting and training rates to TMP members. Located in Alessandria, Italy.
• Lean Plastic CenterminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLean Plastic Center in Novara offers preferential rates on specialized training and consulting services to TMP members, supporting professional development in lean manufacturing principles applied to plastics processing.
• IIP Istituto Italiano dei PlasticiminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerIIP offers preferential rates on laboratory activities, research, and consulting services to TMP members, supporting testing and certification needs for plastics materials.
• CesapminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCesap in Monza provides preferential rates on training and laboratory services to TMP members, supporting specialized technical education in the plastics sector.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• PlasticsEurope: Pan-European trade association representing plastics producers, with member companies that overlap TMP's Italian corporate member base. Comparable as a higher-tier, Brussels-based plastics trade body that competes for association budgets and policy influence.

Direct peers

• Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE): Global professional society for plastics engineers and technicians, with local sections, technical conferences (ANTEC), and member publications. The closest direct functional analog to TMP's role of professional development and technical knowledge exchange among plastics specialists.
• British Plastics Federation (BPF): UK trade association serving plastics manufacturers and processors, with membership tiers, industry events, training programs, and policy advocacy. Operates the same professional-association model as TMP but at national-UK scale with a larger member base and budget.

Regional players

• EUROMAP: European association for plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers, whose members (e.g., Arburg, Engel, Haitian) also appear in TMP's supporting member list. A peer through overlapping member companies and shared trade fair (Fakuma, PLAST) ecosystem.
• IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen: German trade association for plastics packaging, representing converters and packaging producers with regulatory advocacy, training, and networking. Comparable national plastics trade body operating under a different national market with similar professional-association mechanics.

Peers

• Federchimica / Plastics Section (Italy):

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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