Petoskey Plastics Receives ISO Certification

Petoskey Plastics, Petoskey, Mich., has been assessed and registered as conforming to the requirements of the ISO 9001:2000 standards. The Quality Management System (QMS) designation is applicable to the company’s design and manufacture of engineered plastic film and bags using new and recycled materials.

ISO (International Organization for Standardization), the world’s largest developer of standards, operates a system designed to help both product and service-oriented organizations achieve standards of quality that are recognized throughout the world.

Petoskey Plastics has had a QMS since 1998, and had been registered to QS 9000, according to the company. With its QS 9000 expiring last December, the company embarked on an initiative in January 2006 to implement a new QMS that would provide a framework for continued improvement and better service to its customers, associates and community.

“The ISO 9000:2001 registration is a further evolution of our Quality Management System,” says Jim Eklund, Petoskey Plastics vice president of operations. “We are now focused on the interaction of processes with better measurement, communications and continual improvement. The end result of our entire effort is improved customer satisfaction.”

According to a Petoskey news release, the company’s new QMS has four areas of focus: interaction within its diverse processes, customer satisfaction, continual improvement and measurement, and communication of its performance.

Intertek Testing Services NA Inc. was the third-party certification firm that completed the ISO 9000:2001 assessment and registration for Petoskey Plastics.