The Trade Alliance for Tattoo, PMU, Body Piercing and Body Modification Manufacturers, Distributors, Practitioners, Regulators and Expert Contributors
We unite industry leaders to build credible standards, protect public safety, and align with regulators—without sacrificing the craft.
Built by practitioners, manufacturers, suppliers, and professionals committed to responsible growth.
OUR MISSION
The industry and trade is being regulated. The industry and trade must be represented.
Tattoo, PMU and Body Modification 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 and evidence-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
Education and Standards Development through Inktegrity (Affiliate Partner) Through our affiliation with Inktegrity Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, TIMA members access implementation resources, templates, and training. Inktegrity also operates the industry's neutral convening forum, where stakeholders across the supply chain — including regulators and independent experts — develop standards and accountability frameworks in the public interest.
Industry Collaboration
Working groups and shared frameworks to reduce confusion and increase consistency.
Inktegrity is TIMA’s members-only education platform.
Inktegrity is an affiliated 501(c)(3) nonprofit that serves as the neutral convening platform for the tattoo, PMU, and body art and modification industry — the place where manufacturers, distributors, studios, practitioners, regulators, academics, and medical professionals come together to develop standards, share expertise, and hold the industry accountable to the public.
Inktegrity turns regulation and standards into step-by-step tools — templates, training, and guidance — so TIMA members can build compliant systems with confidence. Standards development, public education, and stakeholder dialogue are open to qualified participants regardless of TIMA membership; active TIMA members additionally receive access to the implementation resource library under the affiliation agreement between the two organizations.
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.
