Good News- Printpack
Carroll County Industry Good News
Printpack's Response to COVID-19
Printpack is a privately-held manufacturer of flexible and rigid
packaging for the nation’s food supply running the gamut from fresh produce to
frozen foods, salty snacks to snack bars, bread, baby food, meat, and poultry,
medical packaging, and everything in between. Printpack is a Critical
Infrastructure Industry business and our essential associates have displayed
an uncompromising and unselfish dedication to maintaining a safe work
environment while keeping the nation’s food chain supplied.
One of Printpack’s founding principles is that our people are our
greatest asset. Therefore, our number one task has been keeping our associates
safe and making sure our plants continue to keep up with demand. Early on, our
company formed a task force to keep up to date on health recommendations from
the CDC and other government entities. We implemented social distancing and
additional cleaning procedures to make sure our associates as well as our
products were safe. Should there be a suspected case of COVID-19 in a plant,
the area where the affected associate worked is thoroughly sanitized, and the
associate’s movements through the plant are traced in order to identify any
co-worker who could potentially be impacted. These procedures are continuously
monitored and updated as necessary when guidance from the CDC and other health
authorities is updated.
Another founding principle of the company is giving back to the
communities in which Printpack associates live and work. Printpack associates
have done some extraordinary things during these uncertain times to help fellow
associates as well as their local counties. When hand sanitizer became
difficult to source, Printpack dedicated some of its facilities to manufacture
its own. The product was manufactured to FDA standards and distributed
throughout the company to make sure all associates had access.
Some associates produced face masks to supply several of
Printpack’s manufacturing facilities and others have been printing face shields
for healthcare workers utilizing personal 3D printers and materials donated by
their plant. Printpack has also donated PET material to a local facility that
is using it on their equipment to manufacture face shields. Some of Printpack’s
maintenance associates created and manufactured intubation hoods for a local
hospital. These plastic covers create a safer barrier between doctors and
nurses who need to ventilate seriously ill patients.
Printpack also has associates supporting the effort to combat this
disease through the National Guard.
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Jamie
Clark had nothing but praise for the way our associates have risen to the
occasion, “But through those
challenges, the strength of our character and depth of humanity of our
associates has continued to show - our resounding resilience, sometimes silent,
yet fully evident to all. We cannot extend enough gratitude to all of our
front-line plant associates. They carry on, with a can-do spirit, keeping our
customers supplied with packaging for the country’s food, paper products and
medical needs.”
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