OESA MEMBERSHIP Frequently asked questions

How does OESA calculate dues?
For regular members, OESA dues are a function of the company’s OE sales volume in North America, and can range from $750 to $17,500 per year. For Affiliate Members, OESA dues are $3,000 per year, regardless of the size of the company. Divisional Members of OESA have a parent company that is already a member, and pay $1,000 per year. Click here to access the OESA dues calculator.

What is the difference between regular and affiliate members?
Essentially, regular members produce automotive original equipment components or materials and affiliate members provide services to the automotive industry. Click here to access the OESA membership application, for a description of regular and affiliate members.

How does OESA serve as a positive change agent for suppliers with the OEMs?
OESA provides a strategic forum for the automotive industry’s original equipment suppliers. OESA frequently meets with executives from the OEMs to present the supplier perspective on issues of common concern to automotive suppliers. Purchase order terms and conditions, linear performance pricing, the powerway.com APQP tool, best practices related to the customer/supplier interface, OEM-supplier relations and IMDS are a few of many issues OESA has championed with the OEMs. Additionally, OESA provides a voice to the supplier companies through the media on issues of interest to suppliers.

Who can the media contact for a quotation on issues affecting supplier companies?
OESA president and CEO Neil De Koker is recognized globally as the voice of OE suppliers in N.A. and can be reached at 248.952.6401 extension 224. David Andrea, vice president, industry analysis and cconomics, also comments on the supplier industry and may be reached at extension 228. Margaret Baxter, vice president, policy and international affairs, can provide background information on the automotive industry and can be reached at extension 223. Click here to access a media inquiry form.

What is the value proposition for OESA members?
OESA provides a forum for automotive suppliers to address issues of common concern; serves as a resource for industry information and analysis; promotes the interests of the OE supplier community, and serves a voice and positive change agent for the industry. Click here to access a PDF file that describes the value proposition in more depth.

Can affiliate members serve on OESA councils?
Affiliate members of OESA are not eligible to serve on OESA peer group councils, but may provide support to the councils through studies, surveys and presentations when appropriate. OESA councils are for regular members, or executives from companies that produce automotive components or materials.

How can I get on the OESA mailing list?
If your company is a member, contact Brenna McCann, at 248.952.6401 ext. 226 or bmccann@oesa.org to be added to the OESA e-mail distribution list. If you are not a member, you will be added to the guest list to receive select OESA mailings.

Someone in my company is a member of OESA; how do I join?
OESA membership is by company, not individual. If your company is a member, you are a member. Click here to review the list of OESA member companies.

What is the relationship between OESA and the Motor & Equipment Suppliers Association?
OESA is a market segment association of the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association. OESA is separately incorporated with its own board of directors. MEMA has two other associations serving the aftermarket and heavy duty sectors, called the Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association and Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association, respectively. Members paying dues to AASA or HDMA with existing business or interest in the OE market may join OESA for $1,000 per year. OESA members with business or interest in the aftermarket or heavy duty sectors may join AASA or HDMA, also for $1,000 per year. In all cases, a member must complete the membership application for each market segment group in which they have interest.

Can I register for an event if my company is not a member of OESA?
OESA welcomes non-members to nearly all events. Council meetings are exclusively for OESA members. Affiliate members release proprietary information at select OESA events and OESA may restrict attendance at such meetings.

Does OESA sell mailing lists?
OESA does not sell mailing lists. OESA publishes the "OESA Industry Report," including a hard copy listing of OESA members and lists of other OE suppliers. To view sample pages and purchase the "OESA Industry Report," click here.

How do I find out more about an OESA council?
Click here to review a profile for each OESA council.