Membership and fees
1. Full Members
- All national associations located in the European countries mentioned hereunder and representing the industry of aluminium surface treatment in their respective countries. (anodisers' associations, coaters' associations or a combination of the two).
- All national associations located in the European countries mentioned hereunder whose main objective is to other industries of surface treatment on aluminium.
2. Associate Members
Aluminium Surface treatment companies located in countries without national associations.
3. Cooptive Members
- Companies active in aluminium surface treatment or using finished aluminium products with a hub in more than one country.
- National associations of aluminium surface treatment located outside of Europe.
- International associations of users of finished aluminium products.
- Any other organisation that has an interest in Aluminium Surface Treatment
4. Sustaining Members
The suppliers of surface treatment companies.
Europe is to be understood as follows:
Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldavia, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, or their successors.
Membership categories according to ESTAL Articles of Association adopted by the ESTAL Members Assembly held on 14 June 2012 in Berlin.
1. Full Members
Full members pay a fixed fee for the association and fees for the finishing plants which are members of the national association.
1.1 Association fixed fees:
- Fee for one surface treatment process 1620€
- Fee for 2 surface treatment processes 3000€
- Fee for 3 or more surface treatment processes 4380€
1.2 Fees for member companies
- Fee for Plant with one surface treatment process 190€
- Fee for Plant with two surface treatment processes 270€
- Fee for plant with 3 or more surface treatment processes 350€
2. Associate Members
Fee per company 900€
3. Cooptive Members
3.1. Basic fee for company. Association or any organisation: 900€
3.2 Additional fee for country hub, per country 190€
4. Sustaining Members
Fee per company 1500€
These fees have been agreed by the ESTAL Members Assembly held on 14 June 2012 in Berlin and apply to any new member joining ESTAL during 2013.