Packaging

Perfecseal Announces ISO 13485-2003 Registration for Mankato, MN Thermoforming Facility

Wednesday 31. December 2008 - Perfecseal, a global market leader in the medical device and pharmaceutical packaging industries, announces registration to the ISO 13485:2003 Medical Device Quality Management System for its thermoforming facility in Mankato, Minnesota. ISO 13485:2003 specifies requirements for quality management systems in which organizations demonstrate the ability to provide medical devices and related services that consistently meet both customer and regulatory requirements.

According to Matt Boswell, Director of Quality, “Perfecseal is in the process of upgrading our global ISO certifications from ISO 9001:2000 to ISO 13485:2003. We have plans for all locations to be certified to this new ISO standard in 2009.” The Mankato, Minnesota facility is the third Perfecseal plant to be registered to this standard. Two other plants, one in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and the other in New London, Wisconsin were registered in 2007.