Sertapak Announces ISTA Certification
21 December 1999
Contact: Alison Clarke Marketing Specialist 800-265-1162 AlisonC@sertapak.com For Immediate Release SERTAPAK GROUP RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL SAFE TRANSIT ASSOCIATION (ISTA) CERTIFICATION WOODSTOCK, Ontario (December 7, 1999) - Sertapak Group Packaging Systems is pleased to announce achievement of official certification of their testing laboratory facility with ISTA, The Association for Transport Packaging (International Safe Transit Association). "Our ongoing commitment to offer our clients complete packaging resources has directed our initiative to certify our testing lab," states Bruce Orr, Vice-President Finance and Administration. "By providing our clients the opportunity to acquire the ISTA TRANSIT TESTED Seal on a container, we are addressing the need to predict and ensure adequate product protection prior to distribution/transportation. Proven, effective designs are Sertapak's focus for all our clients." Of the new certification, Tibi Lacatus, Product Development Manager expressed, "For us at Sertapak, this means a new level of competence and challenge. Sertapak is the only returnable packaging company in Canada with ISTA Certification. We are excited about the new opportunities this will present for our continued growth." As a member of the ISTA, Sertapak will put packaging through a range of standardized screening tests including compression, transportation simulation (vibration), environmental (humidity/temperature), drop, and incline/impact. The results of this testing are then tabulated and submitted to ISTA for registration to use the ISTA TRANSIT TESTED seal. ISTA's TRANSIT TESTED program has been a leader in test specification for performance testing of packaged-products since the first US procedures manual was published in 1948. About Sertapak Sertapak Group has been the complete packaging resource to industry since 1982. Products include triple-wall heavy-duty performance containers, plastic corrugated systems including Sertotes®, protective packaging, plastic pallets and injection molded totes and bins, among numerous other custom product offerings. ISTA certified testing facilities augment Sertapak's Design and Manufacturing departments. Sertapak has been ISO 9001 registered since 1996 and has been the recipient of a number of packaging industry and environmental awards. - END -