PVCC, NOVAPAK, AIROPAK AND MARPAC LOCATIONS ACHIEVE ISO 9001:2000 CERTIFICATION

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PVC Container Corporation's headquarters and five blow molding plants operated by three of its divisions were certified to ISO 9001:2000 quality standards in 2003, it was announced by Phillip Friedman, president and CEO.

Novapak Corporation, a major producer of plastic containers for consumer products, received ISO 9001:2000 certification at three of its blow molding facilities: Paris, IL, Hazleton, PA and Philmont, NY.

The Manchester, PA location of Airopak Corporation, a leading blow molder of high barrier containers also received its ISO certification, as did the Philmont, NY location of Marpac Corporation, a technical blow molder of complex containers and original equipment parts.

ISO 9001:2000 is a series of standards dealing with quality management systems developed by the Geneva-based International Standardization Organization, recognized by most of the leading manufacturing companies world-wide. In a highly structured fashion, it requires stringent controls, procedures and rigorous documentation of the quality of materials, equipment, personnel, and all other aspects of the manufacturing process to continuously improve the quality and consistency of products. The Underwriters Laboratory has been chosen to monitor the company’s compliance with these standards.

PVC Container Corporation was established in 1968 and blow molds more than a billion containers and technical parts annually in PET, HDPE, MDPE, PP, PVC and other resins.

Its Novapak Division is one of the nation's largest producers of blow molded and decorated bottles and specialty containers for personal care, household, food, beverage, automotive and chemical products. Bottles from 1 oz. to 2 ½ gallons are molded of PET, PVC and HDPE in more than 500 shapes and sizes.

The Airopak Division molds HDPE containers from one pint to 2 ½ gallons using an in-line fluorination process to form an inner barrier layer that is 500 times more resistant to solvent-based chemicals than untreated HDPE. The company also produces ultra pure containers by using inert nitrogen as the blowing gas and capping empty containers on-line.

Marpac Corporation's technical blow molded parts range in size from 3 ounces to 5 gallons and are custom molded in a broad range of resins and complex shapes for demanding applications including parts and containers for office machines, food products, healthcare/medical products, automotive parts and specialty/proprietary products.

Novatec Plastics Corporation, Eatontown, NJ, another PVCC division, is a compounder of rigid PVC, rigid PVC foam, and PVC/ABS alloys for blow molding, extrusion, and injection molding applications.

For more information contact:
Gayle Jarema
PVC Container Corporation
2 Industrial Way
Eatontown, NJ 07724-2202
800-975-2784
info@novapak.com