The Trade Alliance for Tattoo & PMU Manufacturers
We unite industry leaders to build credible standards, protect public safety, and align with regulators—without sacrificing the craft.
Built by manufacturers, suppliers, and professionals committed to responsible growth.
OUR MISSION
The industry is being regulated. The industry must be represented.
Tattoo and PMU products are facing increasing scrutiny worldwide. TIMA exists to ensure lawmakers and regulators hear from the people who actually manufacture, test, distribute, and use these products—so outcomes are science-based, practical, and fair.
What TIMA Delivers
Standards & Guidance
Build and promote practical standards that manufacturers and stakeholders can actually implement.
Advocacy & Alignment
Engage with regulators and policymakers to support safety-focused, workable oversight.
Safety Initiatives
Encourage best practices across manufacturing, documentation, labeling, and traceability.
Education through Inktegrity
Member resources, templates, and training designed to help teams execute—not guess.
Industry Collaboration
Working groups and shared frameworks to reduce confusion and increase consistency.
Inktegrity is TIMA’s members-only education platform.
Inktegrity turns regulation and standards into step-by-step tools—templates, training, and guidance—so members can build compliant systems with confidence.
Inktegrity resources are available to active TIMA members.
Built for everyone responsible for tattoo & PMU safety.
Manufacturers & Brands
Standards, documentation frameworks, and member education to help you build safer products and stay ahead of regulatory expectations.
Distributors & Suppliers
Shared guidance that reduces risk, improves traceability, and creates consistency across the supply chain.
Regulators, Academics & Educators
A credible industry partner for dialogue, data, and practical insight into modern tattoo and PMU manufacturing.
Studios & Professionals
A trade voice that protects the craft—built on safety, accountability, and real-world tattooing.
Consultants
A centralized standards-and-education hub to support your clients with consistent frameworks and member-backed guidance.
Join the alliance shaping the future of tattooing.
If you manufacture, distribute, or support tattoo and PMU products, TIMA membership is how the industry builds a unified voice and a credible safety standard.