History
Background
The Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association is a private, voluntary, and non-profit organization established in 1928, with the objective of uniting Puerto Rican manufacturers and Businessmen into an effective organization promoting members´ interests and the economic development of Puerto Rico.
The Association was established in 1928 before Operation Bootstrap and was the entity that suggested the creation of the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company (PRIDCO).
Past Presidents
1928 -
| Rodrigo Masses | 2016-2019 |
| Carlos Rivera Velez | 2014-2016 |
| Waleska Rivera | 2012-2014 |
| Pedro Watlington | 2010-2012 |
| Josen Rossi | 2008-2010 |
| Edgardo Fábregas | 2006-2008 |
| Reynaldo Encarnación | 2004-2006 |
| Manuel Cidre | 2002-2004 |
| Lucy Crespo | 2000-2002 |
| Miguel Nazario | 1998-2000 |
| Enrique Cortés | 1996-98 |
| Samuel Landol Carrero | 1995-96 |
| Mario S. Belaval | 1995 |
| Bartolomé Gamundi | 1993-95 |
| Daniel Lebrón Pitre | 1991-93 |
| Manuel Luis del Valle | 1989-91 |
| Rubén Vélez Lebrón | 1987-89 |
| Manuel Borrero | 1985-87 |
| Vicente Dordal | 1984-85 |
| Francisco M. Rexach, Jr. | 1982-83 |
| Ernesto A. Castillo | 1980-81 |
| Danol A. Morales | 1978-79 |
| Herminio M. Brau | 1977 |
| Ramón B. Rodríguez | 1974-76 |
| Rafael Cebollero | 1972-74 |
| Peter E. Martínez | 1972 |
| Arturo Díaz Jr. | 1971-72 |
| Hiram D. Cabassa | 1969-70 |
| Augusto N. Durand | 1968 |
| Sergio Camero | 1967-68 |
| Antonio Luis Ferré | 1965-66 |
| Robert P. McQueeny | 1963-64 |
| Alfonso Valdés | 1962 |
| Sabino Valdés | 1960-61 |
| Enrique Castillo | 1957-59 |
| Antonio Rodríguez Geigel | 1955-56 |
| Ángel Suárez Juan Suárez | 1952 1953-54 |
| J.A.E. Rodríguez | 1940-51 |
| Gabriel de la Haba | 1939 |
| Santos Zubillaga | 1932-38 |
| Nathaniel Pasarell | 1931 |
| Lupercio Colberg | 1928-30 |