Member terms
The Association is open, i.e. membership can be granted to any company or organization interested in surface chemistry research, which undertakes to fulfil the commitments ensuing from the regulations of the Association and existing agreements.
Hence, membership can be granted to enterprises irrespective of their business affiliation and nationality.
Fee
The annual cost for membership is for 2011 SEK 177.000 [2011] and for 2012 SEK 180.000. It is reduced by 50% for companies with less than 250 employees. The fee for the coming financial year is decided at the FYF Annual Meeting. A minor part is the membership fee to FYF and the larger part is a research contribution to YKI.
Membership Period
Rolling 12 month period with a 6 month notification period.
All companies within a group qualify as members as long as one of the companies in the group has a membership with FYF.