Become a Member
The goal of the CLMA is to increase awareness and maximize the utilization of custom manufactured contact lenses. By joining the CLMA, you become an integral part of a dynamic team dedicated to fostering knowledge sharing, industry collaborations and manufacturing excellence. As a member, you play a pivotal role in shaping the present and future landscape of custom contact lens innovation.
Benefits of Membership
Industry Collaboration
- Through active participation, members collectively drive initiatives and achieve outcomes beyond the reach of any individual entity.
- Access to associate memberships, offering specialized products and services tailored to industry needs.
Enhanced Visibility and Integrity
- Elevate your industry presence through active community involvement and increased exposure via CLMA communications.
- Forge valuable connections and strengthen membership integrity through associations within the CLMA network.
Education and Training
- Access exclusive sponsorship and collaboration opportunities with the GPLI, enriching educational offerings to practitioners, residents, and students.
- Stay ahead with comprehensive training tools tailored for lab technicians and consultants, empowering continuous professional growth.
Manufacturing Excellence
- Engage with the CLMA Government, Technical, and Regulatory Affairs (GTR) Committee to stay up-to-date on the latest research and insights driving manufacturing technologies, quality, and regulatory compliance.
- Collaboration opportunities with industry experts and peers to exchange best practices, enhance manufacturing processes, and uphold the highest standards of excellence.
Member Portal
The membership portal provides access to:
- Associate members’ focused products and services pages
- Educational tools for technicians and consultants
- Industry Production Statistics
- GTR Newsletter
- CLMA “In the News”
Membership Categories
Regular Membership
Application for regular membership in the Association may be made by any person, firm or corporation engaged (either directly or through a parent company or majority-owned subsidiary) in business, meeting the following requirement: is and has been for at least six months actively engaged in the fabrication of finished contact lenses from raw material (i.e., any material that is not finished to final parameters).
DUES:
Less than 5 employees – $750/year
5-15 employees – $1,125/year
Greater than 15 employees – $1,500/year
Associate Membership
Application for associate membership in the Association may be made by any person, firm or corporation engaged (either directly or through a parent company or majority-owned subsidiary) in the business of manufacturing equipment or parts for or producing materials used to fabricate contact lenses or in any way changing, altering or completing the structure of a finished contact lens made from raw materials, or providing related products and services, whose business meets the following requirement: is engaged in the manufacturing of equipment or parts for or producing materials used to fabricate contact lenses or in any way changing, altering or completing the structure of a finished contact lens made from raw materials, or in providing related products.
DUES: $2,000.00
This dues level of $2,000 is in addition to sales of lens blanks. For sales of lens blanks, dues are thirty cents ($0.30) for corneal GP blanks and fifty cents ($0.50) for GP scleral lens blanks per completed U.S. sale of a Gas Permeable lens blank for the year 2024.
International Membership
Application for international membership in the Association may be made by any person, organization, firm or corporation that meets the requirements for regular, associate or special membership, but which does not market such products or services in the United States of America (as defined in 15 U.S.C. 1127).
DUES: $750
*Note: This class of membership is open only to persons, firms, etc. who do not export or market contact lens related products or services in the United States. Foreign firms who export to or otherwise market in the U.S. must pay dues on the same basis as regular, associate or special members. Such dues are computed only on the basis of products or services sold in the U.S.
Special Membership
Application for special membership in the Association may be made by any person, firm or corporation engaged (either directly or through a parent company or majority-owned subsidiary) in providing information, financial, consulting, or other services ancillary to the operations of the contact lens industry.
DUES: $2,000
Honorary Membership
This category is reserved for Past Presidents who have retired from the industry and are no longer affiliated with a company that holds or could hold a membership in one of the other categories.