Chesapeake Plant First in China to Receive PS9000:2001 Certification for Printed Pharmaceutical Packaging
05 Mai 2008 - 3:53PM
PR Newswire (US)
RICHMOND, Va., May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Chesapeake
Corporation's (NYSE:CSK) manufacturing plant in Kunshan, China
recently became the first facility in China to receive PS9000:2001
certification after meeting requirements for developing and
implementing a quality management system for producing printed
pharmaceutical packaging. "We take a consistent, common approach to
quality throughout our global pharmaceutical packaging network,"
said Andrew J. Kohut, Chesapeake president & chief executive
officer. "As a result, we were able to share information and
expertise, which helped our new Kunshan plant gain certification in
a very timely manner even though the facility just began operations
in late 2007. We are especially proud to have the first PS9000:2001
certified plant in China." The guidelines for PS9000:2001
certification were developed by the Pharmaceutical Quality Group of
the Institute of Quality Assurance to provide a standardized
baseline for Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and to offer a
framework of the best practices to be used within the
pharmaceutical packaging supply industry. PS9000:2001 certification
combines the principles of ISO 9001:2000 with the GMP requirements
endorsed by the pharmaceutical industry to create specific quality
guidelines for printed pharmaceutical packaging materials. The
Kunshan plant recently joined Chesapeake's global network of
pharmaceutical packaging plants, which supply many of the world's
largest pharmaceutical companies. The new plant offers design
services and houses state-of-the-art equipment for digital plate
making, digital label printing, high-gloss varnishing, foil
stamping and laminating. The 36,000-square-foot facility
complements Chesapeake's other plant in Kunshan, which manufactures
plastic bottles for the pharmaceutical market, by adding the
production of paper-based packaging for domestic and multinational
customers. Chesapeake Corporation protects and promotes the world's
great brands as a leading international supplier of value-added
specialty paperboard and plastic packaging. Headquartered in
Richmond, Va., the company is one of Europe's premier suppliers of
folding cartons, leaflets and labels, as well as plastic packaging
for niche markets. Chesapeake has 45 locations in Europe, North
America, Africa and Asia and employs approximately 5,400 people
worldwide. DATASOURCE: Chesapeake Corporation CONTACT: Media,
Joseph C. Vagi, Manager - Corporate Communications,
+1-804-697-1110, ; or Investors, Joel K. Mostrom, Executive Vice
President & Chief Financial Officer, +1-804-697-1147, Web site:
http://www.chesapeakecorp.com/
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