For Niagara-based manufacturing and related service companies, the Niagara Industrial Association (NIA) is the only Niagara-based, industry-focused organization that provides a venue to advocate on behalf of local industry, address the issues that inhibit the advancement of local industry, and pursue business development opportunities in a collaborative manner in order to achieve positive results for local industry. The NIA is the leading voice and advocate of the manufacturing sector in Niagara. The NIA is committed to lobbying for government policy that reflects the interests of the manufacturing sector, pursuing business development opportunities on behalf of membership, providing members with important industry information, building strategic partnerships, and leveraging and promoting the various programs and services that exist to support industrial development.