Reduce Costs, Increase Safety

From special papers for technical use, to newspapers and catalogs, to disposable products such as diapers and tissues – day after day, people all around the world come into contact with paper, more so than with almost any other product. Despite the growing importance of electronic communication, this has not declined. Just the opposite, in fact: global paper consumption is growing, with no end in sight.

Market experts forecast that, by 2010, annual worldwide consumption will have risen from its current level of 330 million to over 420 million tons. Nowadays, paper can be produced on machinery with capacities of up to 400,000 tons per year, with the largest machines processing widths of over 10 meters.

In this high performance industry, with its complex, challenging production processes, efficiency and speed are increasingly of the utmost importance. As a specialist in technical tapes, tesa offers innovative, cost-effective system solutions for the production process involved in paper manufacturing – in production of raw paper, coating, finishing, slitting and sheeting. For example, tesa adhesive tapes’ accurately calibrated physical properties enable secure and extremely fast adhesion of the splice during roll changes.

Particularly challenging is the flying splice method, where the expiring roll is spliced with a new one without reducing production speeds of 1500 to 1900 meters per minute. High tolerance of tension and pressure are essential, as are finely balanced adhesion and good tack for the exact moment when the tesa tape makes its rapid contact.

Whether during splicing, or when patching holes in paper webs, tesa adhesive tapes and die cuts ensure a continuous, smooth production process and the highest levels of quality, efficiency, and economic feasibility. As tesa adhesive tapes for the paper industry are water-soluble, they can be repulped without any problems at all. The pulper separates paper fibers from nonpaper substances and sends them on for further processing.