National Pasta Association

National Pasta Association
Abbreviation NPA
Formation 1904[1][2]
Headquarters 750 National Press Building
Washington, D.C., United States
Website www.ilovepasta.org

The National Pasta Association (NPA) is a trade association of professionals in the United States pasta industry.[3] The NPA originally formed as The National Association of Macaroni and Noodle Manufacturers of America in 1904, making it one of the oldest trade associations in the United States.

History

The first commercial pasta plant in the United States was founded in 1848 in Brooklyn, New York. By the turn of the century, the pasta industry had reached a growth point that triggered a large group of industry members to assemble in Pittsburgh for a discussion of manufacturing and marketing issues. The result of this meeting was the establishment of the National Macaroni Manufacturers Association. In 1981, the name was changed to the National Pasta Association.[4]

Mission statement

Committees

Presidents

Notes

  1. National Pasta Association. "Backgrounder", National Pasta Association website, 2007. Retrieved on October 28, 2008.
  2. "Related Resources and Links", California Wheat Commission website, 2011. Retrieved on September 13, 2011.
  3. National Pasta Association. "About NPA", National Pasta Association website, 2007. Retrieved on October 29, 2008.
  4. M. J. Donna. "History and Aims of National Macaroni Manufacturers Association", The Macaroni Journal, vol. XXVII, no. 12 (Minneapolis, MN: National Macaroni Manufacturers Association, April 1946), p. 15.
  5. National Pasta Association. "About NPA", National Pasta Association website, 2012. Retrieved on June 20, 2012.
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