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Benson Group, one of the largest UK owned private carton printers, based in Bardon, Leicestershire, announced it has acquired PS9000: 2001 certification in the pharmaceutical industry quality standards for packaging its packaging plant in Benson Group Newcastle.

To achieve this standard, as described by the Pharmaceutical Quality Group (PQG), Institute of Quality Assurance (IQA), Newcastle Benson Group hopes to be able to take advantage of its lower cost base for work long term.

Commenting on the achievement, Mark Kerridge, managing director of Benson Group, said: "We are delighted to have met the standards required by PS9000: 2001 in Newcastle. This accreditation means that we are now able to offer customers additional guarantees security of supply. To be able to offer an "intra-group" disaster recovery plan also provides specific benefits to customers' privacy. "

"With the B1-format presses at three in the hand, Benson Newcastle group has many printing capacity for pharmaceutical production in the long term, and the plant is well equipped as regards the volume of finishing applications ".

The news follows the recent announcement regarding the installation of Europe Komori Lithrone SX40 pressed close to the central society Gateshead. The installation included the modernization of Komori presses other facilities in both North-East.

The Pharmaceutical Quality Group (PQG), Institute of Quality Assurance (IQA) has developed PS9000: 2001 in order to provide a widely accepted best practices within the packaging industry pharmaceuticals. It applies ISO9001: 2000 for print and pharmaceutical packaging materials contact.

PS9000: 2001 is based on the AQI and replaces two separate pharmaceutical packaging materials QGP supplier codes of practice (COP) and contact prints. These codes of practice have been first published in 1990, then revised in 1995.

About Benson Group

Benson Group is a provider of UK leading privately printed cardboard, production of packaging solutions for food and pharmaceutical industries.

Headquarters is located in Bardon, Leicestershire, where the company owns 130,000 square meters of production and warehouse space. Benson Group has annual sales of over £ 93 million. Food manufacturers are the main customers at Bardon and two facilities of the company's North East in Newcastle and Gateshead. These two sites have a combined total of 200,000 square feet of warehouse space and manufacturing. The fourth site in Crewe, Medica Packaging, serving the pharmaceutical and healthcare. It has 73,000 m² of manufacturing, warehouse and offices. Since 2000, investment in new facilities and equipment to total four sites in excess of £ 25,000,000.

Benson Group creates the packaging for many well known companies, brands and retailers. major customers in the Group including GlaxoSmithKline, Northern Foods, Reckitt Benkiser, Greencore, Bakkava¶r, Samworth Brothers, and supermarket chains.

For more information about the Group visit the Benson www.bensongroup.co.uk website.

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