Independent Office Products and Furniture Dealers Association
Encyclopedia
The Independent Office Products and Furniture Dealers Association (IOPFDA) is an Arlington County, Virginia
-based trade association
for sellers of office supplies
and furniture
. The organization was formerly known as the National Office Products Association, which changed its name to Business Products International Association before adopting its current name.
IOPFDA has two divisions: the Office Furniture Dealers Alliance (OFDA) and National Office Products Alliance (NOPA).
Arlington County, Virginia
Arlington County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The land that became Arlington was originally donated by Virginia to the United States government to form part of the new federal capital district. On February 27, 1801, the United States Congress organized the area as a subdivision of...
-based trade association
Trade association
A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association or sector association, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry...
for sellers of office supplies
Office supplies
Office supplies is the generic term that refers to all supplies regularly used in offices by businesses and other organizations, from private citizens to governments, who work with the collection, refinement, and output of information .The term includes small, expendable, daily use items such as...
and furniture
Furniture
Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things...
. The organization was formerly known as the National Office Products Association, which changed its name to Business Products International Association before adopting its current name.
IOPFDA has two divisions: the Office Furniture Dealers Alliance (OFDA) and National Office Products Alliance (NOPA).