Partnership Programs

NFFS Partner Programs

Your membership should pay you back.

NFFS partners with leading providers to give members access to preferred pricing, specialized expertise, and practical business solutions designed to reduce costs, manage risk, and improve performance.

One membership. More buying power. More expertise. More value.

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NFFS Member Value
Buy Smarter
Reduce Risk
Control Costs
Grow Sales
7 Partner Programs
6 Core Business Needs
1 Membership Working Harder
Lower operating costs
Access specialized expertise
Improve business performance
Reduce risk
Grow stronger businesses
Put NFFS Behind More of Your Business

Running a foundry means managing much more than metal.

You are buying supplies, shipping products, managing energy and insurance costs, finding funding, and working to grow your business.

NFFS uses the collective strength of our membership to build programs around those challenges and give members access to solutions they may not be able to reach as effectively on their own.

Help members keep more profit, reduce risk, and operate stronger businesses.
Built Around Your Business

Put your membership to work across the company.

NFFS partner programs are organized around the real business challenges foundries face every day.

BUY
SMARTER
SHIP
SMARTER
CONTROL
COSTS
REDUCE
RISK
FIND
FUNDING
GROW
SALES
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NFFS Partner Programs

Find the program that matches the challenge you are trying to solve, then dive into the full member benefit.

Industrial Supplies
Industrial Supply

MSC Industrial Supply

Preferred pricing. Free freight. Manufacturing expertise.

Access preferred NFFS pricing, free standard freight on most qualifying orders, more than 2.4 million industrial products, and MSC's metalworking, inventory, and safety expertise.

Preferred Pricing Free Freight Metalworking Inventory Solutions
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MRO & Facility

Grainger

Put everyday industrial purchasing to work for your bottom line.

NFFS members can access preferred purchasing benefits across Grainger's broad selection of maintenance, repair, safety, facility, and industrial products.

MRO Safety Facility Industrial Products
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Freight & Logistics
Freight

Estes

Exclusive freight pricing for NFFS members.

Save on freight while accessing dedicated support and LTL, truckload, cross-border, Final Mile, and other transportation solutions across North America.

Preferred Freight Pricing LTL Truckload Cross-Border Final Mile
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Control Costs & Reduce Risk
Energy

Environ Energy

Take a smarter approach to energy costs.

Environ Energy helps NFFS members evaluate electricity and natural gas purchasing options using market intelligence, competitive supplier pricing, and energy procurement expertise.

Energy Procurement Supplier Analysis Market Intelligence
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Insurance & Risk

USI

Insurance expertise built around foundries.

NFFS members have access to an experienced insurance team that understands the unique property, casualty, workers' compensation, liability, and risk-management challenges facing foundries.

Property & Casualty Workers' Comp Liability Risk Management
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Funding & Growth
Grants & Funding

Lakeview Consulting

Find funding your foundry may already qualify for.

NFFS members receive free access to the Manufacturing Grant Database, expert resources, and preferred pricing on services that can help identify and pursue funding opportunities.

Free Grant Database Expert Office Hours Funding Resources 10% Discount
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Marketing & Growth

Marketing Options

Find the right markets, companies, and customers.

Marketing Options brings manufacturing-focused expertise to help NFFS members strengthen their digital presence, identify opportunities, and reach the right buyers.

Marketing Consultations Digital Audits SEO Advertising Member Pricing
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Why NFFS Builds These Programs

Membership should create measurable business value.

NFFS looks for areas where foundries are spending money, losing time, facing risk, or needing expertise, then develops partnerships that can help.

Procurement
Freight
Energy
Insurance
Funding
Marketing & Growth
+ And we're just getting started. NFFS will continue building new programs around the evolving needs of our members.
Put More of Your Membership to Work

What business challenge can NFFS help you solve?

Already a member? Explore the programs above and start using your benefits. Not yet a member? Join NFFS and give your entire company access to a growing network of resources designed to make running a foundry easier and more profitable.