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          fit for the companies that
        
        
          manufacture them.”
        
        
          A staff of 24 manages
        
        
          SOCMA’s affairs, and
        
        
          the budget is achieved
        
        
          through split funding
        
        
          sources.
        
        
          Membership
        
        
          dues account for 55 per-
        
        
          cent, with the balance
        
        
          coming from non-dues
        
        
          revenue, including con-
        
        
          ferences such as Glo-
        
        
          balChem and InformEx,
        
        
          sponsorships and various
        
        
          value-added services like
        
        
          PMNPro. This consultancy
        
        
          program helps compa-
        
        
          nies register molecules
        
        
          with the Environmental
        
        
          Protection Agency (EPA)
        
        
          and provides an efficient,
        
        
          cost-effective answer to