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Latest ISO 9001:2015 certification
Aleading optical sorting expert for over 70 years – with additional sites in China and Brazil, in order to meet the growing demand in these regions, Bühler successfully passed the audit of the latest globally re- cognized quality management standard developed by the International Organization for Standardization, ISO 9001:2015 certification which recognizes the out- standing quality procedures and business practices obser- ved during the manufacturing of its optical sorters.
With the accreditation comes an endorsement of the
company’s strong, verified quality processes in place to prevent the risk of any product faults, recalls, or service shortcomings. The audit assessed Bühler’s London facility top-down business processes includes performance and recovery which was based on multiple quality manage- ment principles such as: leadership processes, manufactu- ring process management, operational planning, control of incoming and outbound goods, sales and marketing processes, quality performance to customers, and corrective action plans.
NEWS
VPK Group NV acquires Encase Ltd
This September VPK Group, the manufacturers of recycled paper, corrugated cardboard packaging, solid board packaging and cores, came to an agreement with COPI Holding to buy Encase Ltd who are the manufacturer and designer of corrugated cardboard packaging.
Encase was a family owned busi- ness established in the UK during the 1960’s and operated two packaging plants in England and one sheet plant in Scotland. It is VPK’s intention to merge Encase with its UK corrugated operations, formerly known as Rigid
Containers. As part of its long-term strategy, it is now VPK’s intention to fully merge Encase with the existing VPK UK corrugated operations. The combined businesses are expected to achieve yearly sales of more than 200 million GBP in corrugated packaging and sheets.
All six corrugators combine a ye- arly containerboard consumption of 300,000 tons, which represents a ma- jor part of the non-integrated recycled containerboard consumption in UK.
VPK has a proven track record of successful investments and acquisi-
tions in corrugated manufacturing assets. These include four sheet fee- ding plants in Poland and Germany – known under the brand name Aquila, an ultra-modern greenfield invest- ment project in Halden (Norway) which was recently put into opera- tion and the acquisition of Viallon Emballages in France.
With regards to containerboard pro- duction, the pioneering conversion in Strasbourg, France, of the former UPM Stracel assets by Blue Paper, set a new standard for the recycled container- board industry.
(Source: VPK Packaging)
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