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Why join the BCF?
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Why join the BCF?

Eligibility for membership

In order to be eligible as a Full member, a company must:

  • manufacture surface coatings, inks or wallcoverings in the UK or
  • manufacture overseas and sell surface coatings, inks or wallcoverings in the UK through their UK legal entity
  • Download full eligibility criteria here

Associate membership of the British Coatings Federation is available to suppliers of raw materials, equipment or services to the paint, ink and allied products industry. (See industry definition below.) Other categories of membership are available and applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

The Industry
All activities connected with the manufacture of coatings: paints; powder coatings; printing inks; varnishes; lacquers; stains; wood preservatives; thinners; strippers and allied products and other like protective or decorative products.

Benefits and costs of membership can be found below.

Membership FAQs

Full members

  • Statistics
  • Regulatory and technical support
  • Skills and training
  • Sustainability and CSR
  • Lobbying and networking
  • Business development
  • Cost savings
  • Reputation management

  • Full membershiP - BENEFITS STATEMENT  

    Associate members
    Although many of our Associate members consider the major benefit of membership to be the networking opportunities with our members (the manufacturers of paints, powder coatings, printing inks and wallcoverings) there are many other benefits outlined here. You will see that initiatives include:

  • An annual mailing on your behalf to our members
  • Your products and services listed on our Product Finder
  • A welcome to your company in our magazine Covered
  • A showcase area on our website
  • Joint meetings with Full members
  • Reduced rate advertising, sponsorship and exhibiting
  • A free entry in our Annual Handbook member directory
  • Market statistics
  • Discount on training modules from the Coatings Training Institute

  • Associate membership - benefits statement

    Printing inks members
    See below for an outline of benefits of Full membership:

  • Influencing regulatory issueso
  • Technical Committee
  • Involvement and networking with the UK printing ink community
  • A showcase area on our website
  • Statistics
  • Reduced rate advertising, sponsorship and exhibiting
  • Competition Policy and Code of Conduct (CP&CC)
  • Raising your profile in the industry
  • Careers and Training
  • Operations Management Group
  • Publications
  • Specialist Services
  • Coatings Care
  • Access to BCF Partners

  • Printing inks Full - benefits statement

    Wallcoverings members
    For wallcoverings, we offer two types of membership:

  • BCF Wallcoverings Full member - Open to companies who manufacture wallcoverings in the UK.
  • BCF Wallcoverings Associate member - Open to companies who supply a product or service to the UK wallcoverings industry.

  • See below for an outline of benefits of membership:

  • Technical and regulatory help and support through the Wallcoverings Technical Committee (meets three times a year) discussing such topics as coordinating an industry approach for assessing sustainability, compliance with regulatory requirements both in the UK and across Europe, REACH (eg defending ADCA), PVC recycling, wallcovering Standards, Construction Products Regulation and Climate Change Agreements.
  • Early alerts on legislation affecting both your own and your customer's business, with a quarterly technical digest and newsletter.
  • Opportunity to directly input to industry policies and lobbying positions to influence the outcome of legislative proposals. Access to senior government officials at business functions gives the ability to influence their policies.
  • Advice and guidance on sustainability for improved legal compliance, including labelling, health, safety, environment and transport. A helpline is available for individual problems.

  • Wallcoverings Full - benefits statement     Wallcoverings Associate - benefits statement

    Membership subscription costs can be found in the application papers linked below.  If you'd like to join, you can can download, complete and return the application papers.  If you have any queries along the way, or if you'd like to discuss in more detail (on a call or by email) please contact Matt Peters.
    (Note that declared turnover figures remain confidential and related queries should be raised with Matt Peters.)

    Full membership

    Associate membership

    Wallcoverings Full membership

    Wallcoverings Associate membership

    If you’d like to discuss possible membership or any related queries, please contact Belle Lake.

    If your company is already a BCF member and you would like to create an account to gain access to the website, please contact info@bcf.co.uk.

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