ISO 13485 is an international quality standard for manufacturing medical devices. According to Glen Yurjevich, Chief Executive Officer, “achieving ISO 13485 for Medical Packaging is a major achievement for Outlook Group. This certification presents Outlook Group with a new horizon of opportunities. Not only does it represent a new capability which allows Outlook Group to enter the growing medical packaging market, it also represents additional employment and investment in the Fox River Valley.” Jeff Cheak Chief Operating Officer added “Achieving ISO 13485 for Medical Packaging was a significant milestone. In essence we created a plant within a plant to do Medical Packaging. We started working on the project in early 2010; remodeled a storage area, brought in new equipment rewrote many of our procedures, trained employees, added new employees, and arranged global distribution for our customer. It took the efforts of numerous people in our engineering, purchasing, customer service, quality, and logistics departments to make this happen. “ George Bureau, Vice President of Sales and Marketing went on to say “Medical Packaging is a key growth market for Outlook Group. We have several contract packaging customers in the medical packaging market and our new Medical Packaging certification was a necessary step to support these customers. We believe that there is fundamental growth in Healthcare and this will be a significant capability for Outlook Group to build on as we go forward. “ Outlook Group is a leading packaging company headquartered in Neenah, Wisconsin. Outlook Group provides Original Answers for our customers packaging needs. Outlook Group offers a variety of packaging services to clients including labels, MICROLINER®, folding cartons, flexible packaging and contract packaging. Our primary markets include Food, Healthcare and Consumer Packaged Goods.
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