Here is a great source on information and contacts:
Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers
American Chemical Society (ACS)
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Mold Builders Association
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
American Plastics Council (APC)
American Plastics Council (APC) – Automotive-Specific Website
American Plastics Council (APC) – Plastics and your Health
American Plastics Council (APC) – Teaching Plastics – Your virtual plastics classroom
American Plastics Council (APC) – Trade Asscociation Website
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Association of Plastics Manufactuers in Europe
Association of Rotational Molders
Automotive Industry Action Group
Automotive Recyclers Association
California Film Extruders & Converters Association
Canadian Plastics Industry Assocation
Composities Fabricators Association
Corrugated Polyethylene Pipe Association
Fiber Source – American Fiber Manufacturers Association and the Fiber Economics Bureau
Flexible Packaging Association
Future Scientists and Engineers of America (FSEA)
Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
Inter-Society Color Council (ISCC)
International Association of Plastics Distributors
Japan Society of Polymer Processing (JSPP)
JETS – Junior Engineering Technical Society
National Association for Plastic Container Recovery (NAPCOR)
National Association of Manufacturers
National Research Councol (NRC) and Industrial Materials Institute (IMI) of Canada
National Tooling & Machining Association
New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program
North American Die Casting Association (NADCA)
Poly Home Page – Division of Polymer Chemistry Inc. of the American Chemical Society
Polymer Science Learning Center – Multimedia Polymer Education
Polyurethane Manufacturers Association
Socit Franaise des Ingnieurs des Plastiques (SFIP) – (France)
Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering
Society of Automotive Engineers
Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc.
The Wire Association International, Inc.
Tooling & Manufacturing Association
Vinyl Institute – Vinyl By Design – Resource for building design professionals