You can be confident that your job is handled with care: Monroe Litho follows the guidelines of current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), a system that’s parallel to ISO-9001 and requires step-by-step process verification to ensure that your order is properly manufactured. Each and every job travels with a specific document that ensures our quality standards are adhered to throughout the organization.
Our quality standards are managed by Stephen Whittaker, Vice President, Quality Management & Sustainability Initiatives, who is a Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence, Certified Quality Auditor, and Senior Member of the American Society for Quality. Steve has also served as an Adjunct Professor at the School of Print Media at Rochester Institute of Technology for the past 19 years. Steve and others within our company are trained in Six Sigma and lean manufacturing best practices, and call upon these skills as needed.
We also have 12 Rochester Institute of Technology graduates on our staff, including two with Masters degrees, one Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of Art and Design, and nine with a Bachelor of Science from the School of Print Media.
Our comprehensive approach to quality has helped us to gain the confidence of many major corporations, including these designations:
- "Certified Supplier" status with Eastman Kodak Company (one of only two printers worldwide to hold this designation)
- Official testing facility for Mead/Westvaco sheetfed papers
- Prime printing supplier for Bausch & Lomb
- Certified supplier designation for Carestream Health, Inc.
Our Plant Safety Committee is proud to note that from 2006 through 2008, our staff worked a cumulative total of approximately 559,000 hours with one incident in four years [2006-2009].
Our safety accolades and certifications include:
- Named one of “America’s Safest Workplaces” in 2008 by Occupational Hazards Magazine
- SHARP Certification—Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program from the US Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the New York State Department of Labor
- Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) compliant – verified at least twice annually through audits
- Annual OSHA Training—Series “I” for all employees; Series “II” for all manufacturing employees
- Personal Protective Equipment Review—annual reviews to ensure compliance with “Hazard Protection Analysis” for accident prevention
- Annual VOC Reduction—Reducing VOC emissions through process improvements and research in using less volatile chemicals, wash up solutions, cleaners, inks and coatings