Backward integration · 2013–14
Making our own adhesives and inks to control product quality
Why a tableware maker started formulating its own glues and printing inks.
- Requirement
- Consistent bonding and print on paper plates, cups and cores.
- Challenge
- Bought-in adhesives and inks were the biggest variable in product quality, batch to batch.
- Solution
- Printing and adhesives units were set up in-house, formulated for Bollant’s own substrates and lines, then offered to other converters.
- Outcome
- An adhesives unit installed at around two tonnes a day, and printing in-house, so quality is controlled from input to finished product.
- Evidence
- Company-stated installed figures (2013–14). Current output to be confirmed.
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Questions
Questions buyers ask
What was the requirement?
Consistent bonding and print on paper plates, cups and cores.
What was the challenge?
Bought-in adhesives and inks were the biggest variable in product quality, batch to batch.
What was done?
Printing and adhesives units were set up in-house, formulated for Bollant’s own substrates and lines, then offered to other converters.
Which capabilities were used?
Adhesive formulation; Ink formulation; In-house printing.
What is the evidence?
Company-stated installed figures (2013–14). Current output to be confirmed.
What does Bollant Industries make?
Recycled paper and board, industrial paper products such as cores and cones, corrugated and printed packaging, paper tableware, areca and sal leaf tableware, inks, adhesives and laminating films, and a small home and professional care range.
Where is Bollant Industries based?
The head office is in Somajiguda, Hyderabad, and the manufacturing units are in Telangana and Karnataka.
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