Quality Standards

It puts beyond question GWP Group’s ability to consistently provide packaging products and services which meet both customer and regulatory requirements and provides a solid building block towards the ultimate goal of absolute customer satisfaction.

The ISO 9001:2015 standard identifies 8 quality management principles which senior managers and team leaders employ to lead the whole business towards optimal performance. This is realised on both a day to day and long term basis.

By using these principals as a framework for everything GWP does, it ensures that not only will your needs and expectations be consistently surpassed, it can also reduce costs through lean and efficient production management and provide a fully optimised solution to any packaging design brief.

For further information on the ISO 9001:2015 standard, please visit the ISO website.

GWP Group is committed to reducing waste through efficient working processes, designing packaging with minimal material usage and promoting the use of recycled and recyclable materials wherever possible.

For further information on GWP’s quality management systems, environmental responsibilities and the benefits this could have for your business, please visit the official ISO website or viewing the environmental section of our website.

The FSC was effectively formed by a number of businesses, environmentalists and community leaders following the failure of the 1992 Earth Summit (held in Rio) to provide legislation to prevent deforestation.

This became a voluntary, market-based approach that would ultimately help to improve forestry practices throughout the world.

The Forest Stewardship Council has since gone from strength to strength, being arguably the most well-known such organisation / forest management solution. In fact, the FSC have now been the leaders in certification for sustainable forestry for more than a quarter of a century.

Having certified as much as 213 million hectares of forests globally – or 11 percent of all productive forests worldwide – the Forest Stewardship Council have also gained extensive support from WWF, Greenpeace and The Woodland Trust (amongst many others). Around 40 percent of the UKs’ forests are also now certified by the FSC.

GWP Group are delighted to have won numerous awards over our 30 plus years of trading. Ranging from recognition of cutting edge and innovative packaging designs, to business practices and individual accolades for directors and managers.

Whilst the main measure of success at GWP Group is the satisfaction of customers, great pride is taken in the recognition bestowed upon the company by both the packaging industry and the wider business community within the South West.

Please continue reading below for further information, or view the news section of this website where information on all the latest awards, competitions, community programmes and charities is presented in further detail.

It is also run alongside the popular and highly successful schools and student event, which focuses on the next generation of packaging designers and innovation.

In essence, the objectives set out by the Starpack Award scheme is to promote best practice and high quality standards amongst packaging designers and companies, focus on innovation in design, materials and construction, whilst also maintaining strong environmental credentials.

Perhaps most importantly, it also aims to highlight and promote the needs of the consumer and end user, with the functionality and usability throughout its lifecycle (including disposal) being a key factor.

GWP have a long history of success in the Starpack Awards, having been winners on many occasions. This includes awards in 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 and most recently in 2018, winning the “best in show” amongst others.

This reflects the design team’s ability to create innovative, functional and cost effective packaging designs.

To discover more about the StarPack awards, please click here.