Rigesa expands its horizons - Jan 8, 2001 - 12:00:00 AM

As part of Westvaco“s strategy for continual growth in the Brazilian packaging market, Rigesa inaugurated an expansion project at its packaging plant in Valinhos on June 6, 2001. At the same time it launched a new line of micro-corrugated cardboard and paperboard packaging products in the northern region of Brazil.
At its paperboard packaging plant in the city of Valinhos, Sao Paulo, Rigesa has installed the technology needed to provide the best possible graphics for products to stand out at the point of sale. We are active in a wide range of segments: packaged foods, health and beauty, perfume and cosmetics, and household cleaning, to name a few. We employ modern equipment, including a Fischer & Kreck flexo printing press. In Brazil, Fischer & Kreck is a pioneer in paperboard printing technology that guarantees superior quality and perfect color resolution. The Valinhos plant also includes Heidelberg offset presses with an unprecedented configuration in Brazil. This technology, together with Rigesa“s experience in the market, provides our packaging products with advantages that make the difference at the point of sale. Among these advantages are integrity, versatility, embossing, ease of use, application of UV and transparent varnishes, hot-stamping, reliability and interior printing.
The paperboard packaging plant in Valinhos has 200 employees; and will have the capacity to produce 3.6 million square meters of paperboard packaging per month as a result of this new expansion.
At its plant in Manaus, in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, Rigesa has added a new production line of offset printed micro-corrugated and paperboard packaging to its existing corrugated cardboard production.
The plant has the technology to supply sophisticated packaging with excellent graphic results, together with corrugated transportation packaging, thus guaranteeing a much larger range of solutions. This initiative is in line with the regional program proposed by the government of the state of Amazonas, and will benefit customers in the Manaus Industrial District with better logistics, decreased inventories and faster service.
The packaging plant in Manaus was founded in 1984, has 100 employees and capacity to produce 4 million square meters of corrugated cardboard packaging per month.
John Luke Jr., Westvaco Corporation Chairman and CEO and Rita Foley, Senior Vice-President, were present for both inaugurations. In his inauguration speech Mr. Luke emphasized that Rigesa is Westvacos point of entry to the attractive and promising Latin American markets.