Camvac News

Due to an uplift in demand & the ongoing issues created by the Corona Virus Crisis, Camvac has some vacancies for Temporary General Operatives working in our manufacturing facility.

These vacancies are advertised on a week by week basis & will be temporary roles.

The ideal candidate will be physically fit, with previous experience of working in a manufacturing environment. They will be required to perform shift work.

Interviews will begin next week (6th April 2020) and will aim to start successful candidates quickly.

If you are interested or know someone who is interested in the opportunity to join the Camvac Team, please ask them to send their C.V. – showing at least the last two years employment history – to Jim Oddie, Operations Director, at their earliest convenience.

Please email jim.oddie@camvac.com

ISO 9001 Certification maintained for another year.

Annually Camvac is inspected to ensure we are maintaining our Quality Management System (QMS) so we can better serve our customers. Our chosen QMS is ISO 9001. ISO 9001 helps businesses and organisations be more efficient and continually improve customer satisfaction. The primary focus of the ISO 9001 standard is to meet customer requirements and strive to exceed customer expectations.

In order to be certified to the ISO 9001 standard, as company Camvac must follow the requirements set forth in the ISO 9001 Standard. The standard is used by Camvac to demonstrate our ability to consistently provide products and services that meet our customer and regulatory requirements and to demonstrate continuous improvement.

The yearly inspection is based on a number of quality management principles including a strong customer focus, the motivation and implication of top management, the process approach and continual improvement. Opting to adopt ISO 9001 into the business helps ensure that customers get consistent, good-quality product and services at all times. The key quality management principles in ISO 9001 certification are; Customer Focus, Leadership, Engagement of People, Process Approach, Improvement, Evidence-Based Decision Making and Relationship Management.

Over the past year Camvac has been overhauling our product development procedure so we can better serve our existing and new customers. This was duly picked-up during the inspection with the notable points from our latest inspection being the ‘excellent development procedure at Camvac’. The 2019/20 ISO 9001 inspection resulted in a 100% score for Camvac, which shows we are continuously ensuring our products and services are consistently meeting our customer’s requirements and that quality and customer satisfaction are consistently improved.

Worldwide, governments are recognising that food and medical manufacturers of flexible packaging are playing a critical role in the battle against COVID-19.

Camvac’s business operation places us as a central supplier of essential products and services to the healthcare, food and liquid packaging markets. Without primary packaging, these supply chains will be compromised and the battle against COVID-19 hampered.

As a company, Camvac are working closely and regularly with our suppliers and customers. We are witnessing an increase in demand as we continue to play our part in the food and medical supply chains. With these increases in material demand for our flexible packaging solutions, and with countries going into full lock-down, we have experienced some raw material supply issues. However, rest assured, we are working tirelessly to minimise the disruption this could cause on our manufacturing output.

As members of this business and the supply chain, each and every employee has a responsibility to help minimise the impact of the current crisis on our communities. We are taking every step possible to increase and maintain social distancing to protect each other. We have the space and hygiene facilities, along with self-discipline, to ensure that we do not create any unnecessary risks for each other.

We have introduced a number of measures which include:

• Individuals with the ability to work from home have been sent, where their job permits, to work from home.
• Expansion of our IT capacity to increase the number of people who can work from home, where possible, without compromising the individuals or the needs of the business.
• Office areas have been reorganised to allow for social distancing for colleagues who are required to attend site.
• Meetings have been reformatted to increase the use of conference calls and provide larger meeting areas to reduce contact opportunities.
• All visits and travel have been cancelled.
• Some flexible working has been offered to those who cannot work from home to minimise their exposure.
• Implementation of improved hygiene regimes across the site
• Increased the working hours of the hygiene team to support the increased regime.
• Continuous advising of social distancing within operations.

These actions are being reviewed and progressed daily with any new steps being addressed as they arise. Once again, flexibility is crucial to ensuring that we continue to support each other in these uncertain times.

Camvac has a critical role of ensuring the health and safety of our citizens. Working with our suppliers and customers we are supporting our healthcare providers, food and liquid packaging manufacturers globally in this time of crisis.

Whilst we have materials and key customers to support, we will remain open and play our role in supporting the nation.

Anyone wishing to place further orders should contact their normal Sales Managers and of course we are open to discuss new opportunities about our flexible packaging solutions through our contact us form on our website or general sales enquiry email; info@camvaclimited.com

On Monday the Prime Minister announced further drastic actions are required to limit the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). These latest government actions have resulted in more drastic measures being introduced to our site here in Thetford so our business can continue to operate. At this moment in time, we are not seeing any immediate impact on our ability to supply our goods and services that are depended upon.

As already reported earlier this week, a proportion of our office and support staff have been relocated to work from home. However, the new measures introduced on Monday evening by the British Government, mean that the majority of our office and support staff will be relocating to work from home by the end of this week.

As a company, Camvac are fully set-up for remote working. However, some lines of communication maybe better than others in this transition period. We would ask at this time that you either contact our staff members via their mobile numbers, and not the Camvac main landline, or email them directly.  Doing this will result in your enquiry being dealt with as efficiently as possible.

As announced earlier this week, our production operation remains fully functioning and we are seeing an increase in demand as we continue to play our part in the food and medical supply chains. There are some raw material supply issues from mainland Europe, but we are working tirelessly to minimise the disruption this could cause.

Onsite hygiene initiatives remain fully in place and our COVID-19 Crisis Management Team continues to meet daily to react immediately to any new issues or guidance as they occur.

These are unprecedented times in Camvac’s 55-year history but please rest assured that Camvac is and will continue to remain open for business so we can do our part in supplying our critical food and medical markets.

Thank you once more to all our Customers and Suppliers for their continued support!

Greg Kingham

C.E.O.

With the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID19) threat, Camvac’s primary concern is the health and safety of our employees, suppliers, customers and visitors.

As a company we have implemented measures to help protect our employees and visitors against the spread of Cornoavirus. These measure include increased hygiene rules across our site, with specific attention to hand hygiene. All employees are encouraged to wash their hands with soap and warm water at least 5 times per day, for a minimum of 20 seconds. There have also been increased positioning of hand sanitisers across our site.

Along with these increased hygiene rules, the following precautions / actions have been enforced at Camvac:

• All unnecessary work-related travel has been immediately suspended.
• Employees are encouraged to use teleconference facilities and avoid face to face meetings.
• A temporary ban on all visitors to Camvac site is in place until further notice.

Specific measures have been implemented into our warehouse facilities. These include:

• All drivers to wash hands upon entering office buildings.
• Drivers to be restricted to their vehicle as much as possible whilst on Camvac site.
• Recommend a distance of at least 2 metres between the driver and personnel.

As a company we are keeping up to date with government recommendations on a daily basis and communication the advice within our company.

Greg Kingham
CEO
Camvac Limited
16.03.2020

Camvac has once again maintained our 100% FDA Compliance score for 2020-2021.

At the start of February Camvac’s business operations were inspected for compliance with the stringent standards required by the FDA. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health in the USA through the control and supervision of their operating industries. The FDA is a broad regulatory authority with responsibilities that regulate a range of product categories including; foods, medical and electronic products. The area of interest for Camvac is the food category due to our food and converter packaging solutions.

Camvac are pleased to have successfully passed the audit. Maintaining the FDA Compliance means Camvac can continue to supply packaging solutions into the USA markets, in particular the Liquid Packaging Market.