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You’ve seen “ISO 9001 certified” on a hundred websites.
Almost nobody knows what it means. Here’s the plain version, plus the certificate your procurement team asks for.
What ISO 9001 actually is
ISO 9001 is the most widely used quality standard in the world. More than a million companies across 190 countries run on it.
Strip away the jargon and it’s one idea. A company writes down how it does its work, follows that process every time, and proves it gets the same result on order one and order ten thousand.
| ISO 9001 At a glance | |
|---|---|
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Standard |
ISO 9001:2015, the current version |
| In use by | 1 million+ companies across 190 countries |
| What it checks | How consistently a company runs its documented process |
| Who checks it | An independent accredited registrar, not the company itself |
| How often | Rechecked every year, or the certification is lost |
| What it proves | The same result on order one and order ten thousand |
Why our ISO certification matters to your bottom line
People, purpose, process, passion. That’s what our quality system is built on. A certified system is a contract we keep with ourselves, every step written down, followed, and auditable. Here’s what that means when your case lands on the dock.
Prompt problem resolution
Cost savings you can measure
Our quality policy
Our certification, in plain English
If procurement asks who, what, when, and where, this is the answer. It’s a yearly review by an outside registrar who checks our work against the standard.
| Who, what, when, where | |
|---|---|
| Certified to | ISO 9001:2015, quality management system |
| Scope | The wholesale distribution of flexible packaging |
| Certified since | 1997, continuously. First to ISO 9002, now to ISO 9001:2015 |
| Registrar | Amtivo (USA) Inc., ANAB accredited, IAF member |
| Certificate number | 273645, verifiable with the registrar |
| How often | Annual assessments across a three-year cycle, full recertification at the end of each cycle |
| Current certificate | Issued July 2025, valid through September 2027 |
Common questions from procurement
An outside registrar has checked how we run our work and confirmed we follow a documented process that gets the same result every time. It’s the most widely used quality standard in the world, in use by more than a million companies across 190 countries.
Amtivo (USA) Inc., an accredited third-party registrar that’s ANAB accredited and an IAF member. They have no commercial relationship with us beyond the audit fee, which is the whole point. Certificate number 273645 is verifiable with the registrar.
Every year. The certificate runs on a three-year cycle with annual assessments and a full recertification at the end of each cycle. The current certificate is valid through September 2027.
The wholesale distribution of flexible packaging. The certificate is issued to International Plastics, Inc. at 185 Commerce Center, Greenville, SC.
Continuously since 1997. We were first certified to ISO 9002 in May 1997 and have held certification through each revision of the standard, now ISO 9001:2015.
Yes. Email it to sales@interplas.com. Most of the answers are already in the certificate PDF, and we send the rest within one business day.
The procedure is logged, traced, and closed in writing. You get a corrective-action report on request. We don’t quietly ship around a problem.
No. ISO 9001 is about how consistently the quality system runs, not where a product is made. It measures process consistency, not country of origin.
