VVF (India)' Daman Facility Tagged with ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company in Accordance with TUV - Nord Procedure

VVF (India) Ltd., a global leader in personal care products and Oleochemicals business, has bagged the ISO 9001:2008 certification for its Daman facility in accordance with TUV -Nord Procedure. The advantages associated with this certification process will create a positive impact across the company.

VVF is well-known for its contract manufacturing business. This certification will thus be advantageous in increasing the customer base, especially those customers that value and have adopted requirements for ISO certification. The ISO certifications process leads to better management control and helps in reducing operational expenses. ISO brings in the process of Management review to ensure compliance. The process involves documentation at every stage, self-assessment and also helps in improved understanding and in achieving highest compliance levels.

The Daman facility is one of the most modern units suitable for pharmaceuticals and cosmetics formulations. The entire unit is designed to comply with a class 100,000 environment as per pharmaceutical norms. The facility meets GMP requirements. It is also ISO 9001:2000 certified by TUV, Germany. This ISO audit took place in 3 stages - internal, first stage and certifying audit. All three stages were completed in just 9 months due to the dedicated efforts of the entire team.

Speaking on the certification, Mr. Ramesh Doraiswami, Managing Director, VVF (India) Ltd., said, “The international certification of ISO 9001-2008 is a great achievement for our Daman facility that demonstrates the organization’s capability to provide quality products that meet customer requirements and applicable statutory/regulatory requirements. This is a very effective tool to lead continuous improvements, based on the principle of Quality Management systems. Such certification processes encourage various internal cross functional departments to interact with each other and thus provide a proper platform for easy understanding of goals and objectives. It helps fulfill service level agreement among internal customers.”

Today, VVF stands uniquely positioned, as an organization of excellence in the Oleochemicals and personal care arena. It has operating facilities across India, USA, Europe, Middle East and Far East.

About VVF Ltd.:

VVF is a global player in the Chemicals and Personal Care product industries. Headquartered in Mumbai, India, VVF has over 16 operating centers spread across 4 continents, Asia, North America, Africa and Europe. The company currently stands as the largest manufacturer of Oleochemicals in India and is one of the largest contract manufacturers of bar soaps in the world. Founded in 1939, VVF celebrated its 75^th year anniversary in 2014.

The company has three main business verticals, Contract Manufacturing, Consumer Products and Oleochemicals. VVF manufactures some of the finest brands of soaps and cosmetics for global players in addition to having its own range of brands like DOY, DOY Care, JO and Bactershield. To know more about VVF, visit the corporate website on www.vvfltd.com or contact Mr. Wayne Soares (wayne.soares@vvfltd.com) or email us at corporatecommunications@vvfltd.com