Perfecseal, a global market leader in the medical device and pharmaceutical packaging industries, announces registration to the ISO 13485:2003 Quality Management System for the Perfecseal Oshkosh, Wisconsin location.  This facility is the first of the Perfecseal plants to achieve this certification.  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 by the end of 2008.”

A global leader in the healthcare and pharmaceutical packaging markets, Perfecseal specializes in the manufacture of co-extruded films, laminated films, flexible forming films, foil barrier films, pouches, bags, thermoformed trays, lids, labels, heat seal coated Tyvek® and heat seal coated medical grades of paper.  Perfecseal, www.perfecseal.com, a division of the Bemis Company, has facilities located in Oshkosh and New London, WI; Mankato, MN; Philadelphia, PA; San Juan, PR; Londonderry, Northern Ireland; and Selangor, Malaysia. 

Bemis Company is a major supplier of flexible packaging and pressure sensitive materials used by leading food, consumer products, manufacturing and other companies worldwide.  Founded in 1858, the Company reported 2005 net sales of $3.5 billion.  The Company’s flexible packaging business has a strong technical base in polymer chemistry, film extrusion, coating and laminating, printing and converting.  The Company’s pressure sensitive materials business specializes in adhesive technologies.  Headquartered in Neenah, Wisconsin, Bemis employs about 16,000 individuals in 56 manufacturing facilities in 10 countries around the world.