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3 March 2009
Alcan Packaging - a business unit of Rio Tinto Alcan - has received ISO 15378:2006 certification at its glass plants in Authon and Lucenay as well as its Montreuil Bellay plant for the flexible beauty market. This ISO certification rewards high standards in the design, manufacture and supply of primary packaging materials for medicinal products.
"These three plants now join several of our other plants in reaching this advanced level of certification and demonstrate our continued commitment to providing world-class packaging for the healthcare industry," said Mike Schmitt, President, Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packaging.
Initially conceived for glass and then expanded to cover all primary packaging materials for pharmaceuticals, the ISO 15378:2006 standard represents a complete, integrated quality management system that combines ISO 9001:2000 and Good Manufacturing Practices for the production of primary pharmaceutical packaging materials.
"We are proud to have reached this milestone, which is definitely a competitive advantage. The application of the ISO 15378:2006 standard ensures that our customers' sensitive pharmaceutical products are packaged safely and effectively in accordance with the highest international quality standards" said Christian Durand, Vice President and General Manager, Glass Tubing Europe.
In 2007, Alcan Packaging's Kreuzlingen plant in Switzerland became the first pharmaceutical flexible packaging business in the world to achieve this standard.
Alcan Packaging is a global leader in value-added specialty packaging. It delivers multi-material innovative solutions to customers around the world for the food, pharmaceutical, beauty and tobacco markets. Headquartered in Paris, France, Alcan Packaging has 131 facilities and 29,000 employees in 31 countries.
About Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK, combining Rio Tinto plc, a London and NYSE listed company, and Rio Tinto Limited, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.
Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and southern Africa.
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