Saving costs with gummed paper tape

Often the people responsible for logistics of the companies that Ibergum S.A. sales team visited, recognize that the packaging of their shipments does not always offer the most profesional and flattering finish image of their company, due that the material they use to close their shipments is self-adhesive plastic tape. These tapes degrade with some rapidity in medium term storage, since their materials are very sensitive to cold and heat, which causes them to lose their sealing properties, in addition to causing breakage problems. As commited companies, in a progressive way,  they are concerned about promoting their business as respectful and environmental friendly.

In all cases we find that the main reason for the use of plastic tapes is what is thought to be its ‘low cost’. The neat, safe and finished appearance in the sealing with gummed paper usually leads us to think that its use is more expensive, which a higher cost  than a standard packaging tape. But a closer look shows that this is nothing more than a false appreciation.

• Closing a cardboard box with gummed paper means using the right and necessary material according to the exact size of the box, unlike closing with plastic adhesive tape: normally, to secure the merchandise contained in the box, much more material is used making the closing more expensive, but not for that reason, achieving total security. 

• Gummed paper tape is applied with dispensers that measure the millimeter and automatically cut the tape according to the parametters provided, saving not only accidents and waste of material, but a lot of time: the gummed paper considerably reduces times in the packing processes. Logistic chain is faster and more efficient. Savings calculations, based on theft and other unwanted manipulations of packaging, in terms of prevention and detection, are huge. We have been checking, throughout our experience, is the fact that the change to gummed paper tape has been the perfect solution for troubles and difficulties in Companies packaging.
• Savings calculations, based on theft and other unwanted manipulations of packaging, in terms of prevention and detection, are huge. We have been checking, throughout our experience, is the fact that the change to gummed paper tape has been the perfect solution for troubles and difficulties in Companies packaging.

• Gummed paper allows the use of corrugated cardboard boxes of lower quality and the reuse of previously used cardboard, reinforcing it as new cardboard. This also means a sensible saving cost . 

• Its use on cardboard also allowes avoiding additional cost in the recycling process (monopackaging system). Gummed paper is perfect in the current context  of circular economy. 

Which quality of sealing tape are you using in your packaging? What about quantities? Do you get the perfect and professional finish and respect for the environment demanded by the client and the current environmental situation? What about insurance cost?

It is necessary to ask all these key questions in a company; and decisions making in this field will always make a huge difference: in the image of the company, in the agility and sustainability of its processes, and in the amount of its saving costs.

With our calculator you can calculate the savings of switching to gummed paper.