Mission: To broadly promote the benefits, advantages, and use of protective barrier and guarding equipment in the workplace. The Industry Group promotes general safety and health aspects of work environments for people with or in the vicinity of mechanical equipment and material storage. ProGMA also provides promotion of and education about member companies’ technologies.

Vision: To be the recognized authority for the best practices, standards, and applications of protective barrier and guarding equipment for industrial facilities.

Protective Guarding Manufacturing Association member companies meet regularly to review, discuss, and revise the standards for design and performance of protective guarding products used in the material handling industry. ProGMA member companies are committed to the development, maintenance, and publishing of industry standard specifications for these systems. ProGMA programs include:

• Development of educational materials for the promotion of proper protective guarding methods.
• Promotion of the features, advantages, and benefits of properly used protective guarding equipment.
• Development and promotion of standard nomenclature for protective guarding products.
• Dissemination of information regarding relevant legislation and international trade.
• Development, review and revision of product standards.
• Confidential collection and reporting of market statistics for different types of guarding products.