The beginning of May marks the introduction of new manufacturing standards and quality control systems at Stora Enso's Baienfurt plant in Germany. It is believed to be the first mill in Europe to base its folding box board manufacturing on the stringent hygiene and quality standards normally found only within the pharmaceutical industry that meet European Directives for Good Manufacturing Practice,GMP.

Alongside GMP the mill is introducing risk analysis based on the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points, HACCP, applied within the food industry. The audit for certification will take place shortly.
"Good Manufacturing Practise, GMP, will introduce new levels of control throughout the Baienfurt plant", says Dr Hermann Solbach, Manager R&D services. "As a major supplier of packaging products to the pharmaceutical and food industries, we have always met stringent hygiene and quality standards. The GMP project and related work go beyond that expected of a packaging materials manufacturer," says Solbach.

International standards
"We looked at European Directives for GMP in the pharmaceutical industry and established its relevance to our production," explains Doerthi Stauber, GMP project manager.
The project involved analysing existing systems and integrating the additional requirements into the mill's manufacturing system including documentation and management control systems. Further, the work will also conform to the internationally recognised, ISO 9001 quality management and ISO 14001 environmental standards.
In parallel with this, Baienfurt is introducing risk assessment systems applied in the food industry. HACCP, is a system to ensure minimal risk of contamination in food related products.
Overall, these measures are intended to have long-term benefits for its customers in the pharmaceutical and food sectors. "GMP will allow Baienfurt to continually improve its products and services though monitoring and self-improvement," says Solbach. "Our long term goal is a Zero Fault Strategy. The aim is to reduce production waste through defects, minimise the risk of contamination and help establish clear guidelines for quality manufacturing. This will provide additional security and safety for our customers," points out Solbach.
The Baienfurt mill manufactures virgin fibre board and fully coated, lightweight folding box board for packaging. It is part of Stora Enso Oy, registered in Finland. This group is one of the world's leading forest product companies with business interests in magazine papers, newsprint, fine papers as well as packaging boards. With annual sales of around EUR 12.4 bn, it employs some 46,000 people in 40 countries.

For more information, please contact:

Stora Enso Packaging Boards
Kerstin Haase or Doerthi Stauber
Baienfurt Mill
Fabrikstrasse
D-88255 Baienfurt
GERMANY
Tel: +49 751 404 396/-393
Fax: +49 751 404 400/-410
Email: kerstin.haase@storaenso.com or
doerthi.stauber@storaenso.com

Stora Enso UK Ltd
Mr. Tony Williams
12th floor, Newland House
49 Mount Street
GB-Nottingham, NG1 6HE
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 115 948 43 48
Fax: +44 115 948 43 28
Email: anthony.williams@storaenso.com

Stora Enso Ireland Ltd
Mr. Patrick Carty
21 Clarwilliam Square
Grand Canal Quay
IRL-Dublin 2
IRELAND
Tel: +353 1 661 8285
Fax: +353 1 661 8291
Email: patrick.carty@storaenso.com

Stora Enso North America Corp.
Mike Walsh
Two Landmark Square
3rd Floor
Stamford, CT 06901-2792
U.S.A
Tel: +1 203 356 2300
Fax: +1 203 356 2340
Email: MWalsh@storaensona.com

Stora Enso Belgium
Stefaan Temmerman
Airport Business Center
Vuurberg 80
B-1831 Machelen (Diegem)
BELGIUM
Tel: +32 2 715 0500
Fax: +32 2 715 0519
Email: stefaan.temmerman@storaenso.com

Stora Enso Nederland
Mr. Gerrit Willekes
Hoogoorddreef 54F
NL-1100 AJ AMSTERDAM
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel: +31 20 650 5555
Fax: +31 20 650 5620
Email: gerrit.willekes@storaenso.com

Stora Enso Barcelona
Sr. José Rodríguez
Ctra. Nacional II km 592,6
08755 Castellbisbal (Barcelona)
SPAIN
Tel: +34 3 631 1000
Fax: +34 3 631 1021
Email: jose.rodriguez@storaenso.com

Stora Enso Italia
Renato Somekh
Via A. Volta, 16
1-20093 Cologno Monzese
ITALY
Tel: +39 02 251 514 50
Fax: +39 02 251 514 59
Email: renato.somekh@storaenso.com

Stora Enso Austria Ges. m.b.H
Walter Strohmayer
Postfach 25
A-1050 Wien
AUSTRIA
Tel: +43 1 546 55
Fax: +43 1 544 8304
E-mail: walter.strohmayer@storaenso.com

Stora Enso France
Henri Boizette
15/25 Blvd de l'Amiral-Bruix
F-75782 Paris Cedex 16
FRANCE
Tel: +33 1 53 64 7900
Fax: +33 1 53 64 7990
Email: henri.boizette@storaenso.com

Stora Enso Schweiz
Herr Alexander Meyer
Hohlstrasse 535, Postfach
CH- 8048 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Tel: +41 1 435 3839 (PB)
Fax: +41 1 435 3830
Email: alexander.meyer@storaenso.com

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