Cocreating Sustainability
Oerlemans Plastics owns the following quality certificates:
BRCGS Packaging Materials certificate AA status Genderen and Giessen
ISO 26000 signed self-declaration CSR
ISO 14001 with CO2 reduction management
Kosher certificate
QA-cer level 2 – certificate
Blauer Engel certificate
Ecovadis
The OPACKGROUP intends to supply and produce according to a fully-fledged quality system. That is why all the subsidiary companies are certified according to the BRCGS Packaging Materials standard. An ever growing part of our sales takes place in the food and pharmaceutical industries. In this sector, the BRCGS Packaging Materials quality system is used. This system comprises procedures, working methods and hygiene regulations. This way, we can produce and supply our products in accordance with quality and hygiene standards.
Every year, our BRCGS Packaging Materials quality system is assessed by an external agency. Furthermore, customers visit us to carry out an audit on a regular basis. Our certification guarantees our buyers that we produce in a responsible way. Manufacturing products according to the highest quality standards is the highest priority within our company. This means there is a lot of testing and checking going on.
Bauer Engel
Oerlemans Plastics owns a Blauer Engel certificate. Blauer Engel has been the environmental label of the German government for over 40 years and is the guiding principle for sustainable procurement. The label guarantees that the products and services it attaches to comply with the strict requirements on environment, health and performance. While assessing, the entire life cycle always needs to be taken into account. Criteria are developed for each product group, which the products and services with the Blauer Engel label must meet.
NRK Branche
All companies of the OPACKGROUP belong to the Dutch rubber and plastics industry federation (Federatie Nederlandse Rubber- en Kunststofindustrie); NRK This federation looks after the interests of around 400 companies, grouped in 19 trade associations. They work to ensure a healthy climate for the manufacturing industry, and stimulate competitive power, innovation and the transfer of knowledge, training and professional education, a better environment and recycling. Approximately twenty colleagues of the OPACKGROUP are members of the board or of various project groups, such as food safety, EH&S, etc.
All the OPACKGROUP companies belong to EFTA Benelux. This is a trade association for companies that specialize in the flexographic printing process.
