VCP Recognises Added Value of Rippatape

ISSUE DATE: 10 February 2006

Brazillian company VCP has become the country’s first paper manufacturer to utilise the easy opening benefits of Payne Rippatape for its reams of COPIMAX paper.

VCP (Votorantim Celulose e Papel) is part of the Votorantim, one of Brazil’s largest industrial groups. It uses state of the art technology to produce a wide range of papers to meet the demands of both the domestic and global market, including cut size paper for office and home use.

Fabio Pantojo, Sales Manager for Payne Brazil, recognised that Rippatape would be extremely beneficial for opening the ream’s film packaging. Key benefits for VCP’s customers are the elimination of the need for blades to open cases, reducing the damage to goods, and quick access to the paper.

VCP benefits from an integrated application process that applies the tear tape during manufacture, thus maintaining the overall speed of packaging. Payne Brazil installed applicating machinery at the company’s paper mill in Sao Paulo.

“Payne approached us with the concept of Rippatape and we were quick to see the benefits,” explains Tetsunosuke Ogata, Processing Engineer at VCP. “The tear tape provides easy opening of our reams and thus adds value to the product.”