5 Sept 2002
VAPLA S.A. to enter UK high performance PE sheet market
Jorge Terol of leading Spanish sheet manufacturer VAPLA S.A. announced the company’s decision to market their VAPLATEC, VAPLADUR and VAPLASOL high molecular weight polyolefin sheet in the UK, in partnership with specialist distributor Harvest Polymers Ltd.
Despite the difficulties this year in all industrial sectors, VAPLA, S.A. has continued to grow and extend its market share in pressed Polyethylene and Polypropylene sheet, and is market leader in Spain. The Company has grown not only in its home market, but also has increased its presence in international markets, now exporting 55% of its output to 28 countries. This has been achieved through VAPLA’s company policy, which from its beginning consistently concentrated on service excellence and product improvement.
VAPLA’s R&D and commercial departments work in a close relationship in an inexhaustible search for new product applications in order to respond to customers’ specific demands. A comprehensive range of hygienic VAPLASOL products has been developed for the catering industry, and many technical and industrial applications are machined from VAPLATEC HMWPE/UHMWPE and VAPLADUR PP.
The focus on investment in leading new technologies means VAPLA can boast the best equipped plant in the industry, and enjoys highly trained personnel to drive increasing customer satisfaction.
Reliable delivery times, one of the founding premises in the VAPLA’s policy, resulted in the development of a fully integrated logistics system able to coordinate the entire production process and provide sufficient inventory to accomplish the most urgent JIT deliveries to its global customers.
This has consolidated VAPLA’s position as the leading Spanish pressed sheet manufacturer and the only one certified with the IQNet, and ensured VAPLATEC, VAPLADUR and VAPLASOL became well known trademarks of HMWPE, UHMWPE and PP pressed sheet throughout the world.
Regarding the Interplas Exhibition where Vapla exhibit jointly with their UK Agent & Distributor Harvest Polymers Ltd, Mr. Jorge Terol Sales Manager and Assistant Managing Director, responsible for the global strategy of the company said:
“ Interplas is a very good meeting point where manufacturers, transformers and potential customers can meet and review new opportunities. For VAPLA, with the assistance of our UK partners Harvest Polymers, Interplas is a perfect opportunity to continue with our expansion policy and, of course, to continue with the needed updating process to the ever more changing environment.”
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Harvest Polymers Background:
With over 30 years experience in engineering plastics, Surrey based Harvest Polymers is the UK’s only dedicated Distributor of thermoplastic elastomers. Harvest represents some of the world’s leading TPE manufacturers of SBS/SEBS, TPV and COPE elastomers. The TPE portfolio is complimented by a range of engineering polymers, including PA and PC/ABS compounds, specialist Masterbatches and Additives for injection moulding, extrusion and compounding. Harvest also markets high performance HMWPE and UHMWPE sheet products.
Harvest Polymers’ sister company H & R Associates International provides specialised consulting services to the polymer industry worldwide.