What We Are

UCMA (United Composite Manufacturers Association, Inc.) is an organization of composite fabricators and users of traditional FRP products. Operating autonomously, members have joined together to enhance their collective competitiveness and to address important industry issues affecting their survival and continued prosperity. In general, UCMA Members are non-marine fabricators, as distinguished from UCMA’s sister organization, United Marine Manufacturers Association (UMMA), the largest organization of boat builders in the marine industry. A boat builder is not precluded from UCMA Membership however.

Corporate Information

UCMA was formally launched in July 2003 after more than four years of laying groundwork by the UMMA organization. UMMA was forced to fight very hard with suppliers to overcome their concern for its growing influence over the marine and the potential impact upon other composite sub-industries. UCMA has faced many of the same challenges in gaining recognition from the composites industry that UMMA had to fight in securing acceptance from the marine industry. The defining event was UMMA’s parent decision to pledge its own volume to this project by establishing its own product name brands, independent sourcing, and a distribution strategy for composites materials. Without this base of capability, it is entirely possible that UCMA could not have entered into existence.
The operation of the Association has been established as completely autonomous from its Membership. The Association President and operational contracting party, Kent Wooldridge, also serves as UCMA's attorney. UCMA's corporate office is located in Springfield, Missouri, along with UMMA’s headquarters. Mr. Wooldridge also acts as a legal representative for the related companies, so all Members are treated as clients and, as such, all confidential information is treated as privileged.