Certifications
PMC’s certification for ISO 9001, the Quality Management Systems certification, is the guarantee of an effective and well implemented quality management system. Our assessors are all specialists in the field, and so their assessment work is highly relevant and useful for our clients. PMC’s accredited scope for ISO 9001 includes not only the paper, print and publishing sectors, but also web design and web hosting, an important area of growth. PMC can offer combined assessment of ISO 9001 with ISO 14001 and/or ISO 12647-2, which helps reduce the time and costs involved in auditing.
To obtain a proposal for ISO 9001 assessment and certification, please complete and return our questionnaire to Jon Stack at PMC at jon.stack@printcertification.co.uk.
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PMC’s ISO 14001 certification is the mark of a truly excellent environmental management system. Our assessors are all specialists in the field, and aim to ensure that our clients meet the standard, thereby bringing the full range of benefits that a properly implemented environmental management system can bring, which are benefits not just for the environment itself, but in reductions in costs, and greater efficiencies for our clients.
ISO 14001 assessments can be combined with ISO 9001 and/or ISO 12647-2, reducing the amount of time and the costs involved in auditing.
To obtain a proposal for ISO 14001 assessment and certification, please complete and return our questionnaire to Jon Stack at PMC at jon.stack@printcertification.co.uk.
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ISO 12647-2 certification is PMC’s leading edge certification and the new benchmark for quality in print. As the UK's only specialist print certification body, PMC has introduced a certification for the BPIF’s new ISO 12647-2 scheme, which is becoming the new benchmark certification for the industry.
The BPIF's scheme is designed to combine a quality management system with the requirements of ISO 12647-2 to ensure colour quality on a consistent and ongoing basis. ISO 12647-2 certification is therefore not just an "MOT" on a single item of print, but a guarantee of ongoing colour quality to the industry's customers.
Both printers and print managers may be certified under the scheme, and an existing ISO 9001 certification is not a pre-requisite for the scheme. If required, ISO 12647-2 audits can be combined with ISO 9001 and/or ISO 14001 audits, and transferring a 9001 or 14001 certification to PMC is easy: we simply pick up your audits and include ISO 12647-2 at the next scheduled visit.
PMC is running a pilot audit scheme for the first set of customers to seek certification: if you would like to join in with the scheme and be one of the first to achieve this new and prestigious certification, then please contact Jon Stack at PMC by email on jon.stack@printcertification.co.uk or contact Jon on 0044(0)1827 64471.
If you would like to obtain a copy of the BPIF's scheme requirements document then please contact the BPIF direct, www.britishprint.com. For further information about the new certification please download our factsheet.pdf.
To obtain a proposal for ISO 12647-2 assessment and certification, please complete and return our questionnaire to Jon Stack at PMC at jon.stack@printcertification.co.uk.
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ISO 12647-2 pre-audit product testing
PMC can offer pre-audit product testing for the BPIF ISO 12647-2 certification scheme. If you intend to be audited for the certification, but would like to have your product tested prior to the formal audit, to determine whether you are capable of passing at the formal audit, the PMC can arrange a "pre-audit" product test for you. We use exactly the same criteria, methods and procedures as the formal audit test, so you can become familiar with this, and PMC then provides the test results in the same way as the formal audit. If you'd like to arrange a pre-audit product test then please contact Jon Stack at PMC.
ISO 27001 certification
PMC can provide certification for ISO 27001, the information security management systems standard. ISO 27001 is becoming essential for companies for whom the protection of information is critical, or who manage information on behalf of others, where the security of the information is essential to those customers. With more printers, print managers and media companies handling customer data, the requirement for certification to this standard is set to increase. Please contact Jon Stack at PMC if you would like a proposal for certification or to find out more.
Chain of Custody/Carbon Footprint verification
PMC can arrange for certification for FSC or PEFC Chain of Custody, either via the UK's certified FSC group scheme for the print, paper and publishing sector or through stand alone certification.
We are also able to verify carbon footprint calculations to add the value of an independent third party verification to your carbon footprint calculation. PMC is seeking printers to take part in a pilot scheme for verification of carbon footprints of printed products to ISO 16759.
Please contact Jon Stack at PMC if you would like a proposal for certification or verification or to find out more about the pilot carbon footprint verification scheme.