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Ric Talley
Vice President, Communications
1300 North 17th Street, Suite 1752
Rosslyn, VA 22209
Phone: 703.841.3256
Fax: 703.841.3356
Website: http://www.nema.org/
Organizational Overview
NEMA is the trade association of choice for the electrical manufacturing industry. Founded in 1926 and headquartered near Washington, D.C., its approximately 450 member companies manufacture products used in the generation, transmission and distribution, control, and end-use of electricity.
These products are used in utility, medical imaging, industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential applications. Domestic production of electrical products sold worldwide exceeds $120 billion.
Scope of Membership Activity
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) is a federation of over 50 diverse product sections that are grouped into eight divisions. NEMA’s 430 member companies manufacture products ranging from x-ray machines and CT scanners to motors and generators, lamps, luminaires, cable tray, building wire, enclosures, traffic controls, nurse call systems, batteries, residential controls, and more.
Members are affiliated with one or more sections, and it is within the sections that:
- Technical standards are developed
- Legislative and regulatory issues decided
- Economic and market data are collected
- Product-based educational and marketing campaigns are created
Scope of Services
Each section contracts with NEMA's core departments, Business Information Services, Technical Services, Medical Imaging, Government Relations,
and Industry Operations, to provide the services the section decides are needed to meet its goals and objectives.
Thirty senior corporate executives are elected by the general membership to 3-year terms on NEMA’s Board of Governors. The Board is organized
into policy committees to guide the organization’s operations in the areas of:
- Commerce and economics
- Business & information systems
- e-Commerce
- Standards and conformity assessment
- Domestic
- International
- Government relations
- Electromagnetic fields (EMF)
- Energy
- Environment, health & safety
- International trade
- NEMA PAC (Political Action Committee)
- Industry Operations
Specific industry Information
NEMA’s 430 member companies manufacture products ranging from x-ray machines and CT scanners to motors and generators, lamps, luminaires, cable tray,
building wire, enclosures, traffic controls, nurse call systems, batteries, residential controls, and more.
Domestic production of these products sold worldwide exceeds $120 billion per year.
Standards-related Information
Products are produced to numerous national and international standards, including but not limited to NEMA, UL, CSA, ANCE, IEC, GB, EN, etc.
Where appropriate, product acceptance should be by means of one standard and one test, ideally capable of being conducted anywhere.
Acceptance should be based on SDoC or third-party certification as determined by market requirements and recognizing compatibility with
the electrical safety concepts and practices represented within the installed infrastructure.
Technical Regulations-related Information
FCC (Federal Communications Commission), CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission), OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration),
and FDA (Food and Drug Administration).
Quick Links
- NEMA
Building Systems Division contains various electrical products
necessary to safely distribute and control electricity in a building.
- NEMA
Electronics Division handles products such as batteries,
signals and controls, and residential appliance controls.
- NEMA Industrial
Automation Division addresses products such as arc welding,
industrial process and controls, motors, and power electronics.
- NEMA
Lighting Division addresses products such as lamps, ballasts,
luminaires, lighting controls, and emergency lighting.
- NEMA Power
Equipment Division is concerned with medium voltage products
that are used to distribute electricity.
- NEMA Wire
and Cable Division includes products such as power cables,
building wire, high performance wire, and flexible cords.
- NEMA
Security Imaging and Communication Division addresses products
used for industrial imaging and communications.
- Medical
Imagining & Technology Alliance, a division of NEMA, is the
collective voice of medical imaging equipment manufacturers, innovators,
and product developers.
- NEMA
Insulation Division addresses insulation systems (e.g. resins,
flexible insulation and mica, insulating tubing).
- NEMA
Emerging Technology Group addresses new technology and its
applications.
International Activities by Region
Americas
Ing. Gustavo DomÃnguez Poó
Av.Lázaro Cardenas No. 869
Col. Nueva Industrial Vallejo
C.P. 07700 México D.F.
Phone: +52 55 5344 4669
Email: [email protected]
Region-Specific Webpage:
http://www.nema.org/stds/international/mexicostandards.cfm
As part of its Global Mission, NEMA opened its regional office in Mexico City to facilitate members’ efforts to gain and maintain market access in Mexico and Central America.
China
Mr. Wen Shanlin
Chief Representative, NEMA Beijing Office
Room 1205, Hui Bin Building
No.8 Beichen East Road
Beijing 100101, China
Phone: +86 10 8497 2701
Email: [email protected]
Region-Specific Webpage: http://www.nema.org/stds/international/chinastandards.cfm
NEMA opened its representative office in Beijing to promote cooperation between NEMA and Chinese electrical industry, to maintain a trade environment that ensures equivalent and competitive access to markets, and to facilitate trade with China.
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