{"id":2628,"date":"2019-03-05T10:19:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T09:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vorschau.vpf.de\/ueber-vpf-historie\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T12:36:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T10:36:41","slug":"about-us-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vpf.de\/en\/about-us-history\/","title":{"rendered":"About VPF \/ History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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VPF \u2013 IDEA GENERATOR, PARTNER AND PROBLEM SOLVER<\/h1>\n<\/div>
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INNOVATIVE. FLEXIBLE. VERSATILE.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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For half a century VPF has been supporting and shaping the European market for self-adhesive materials and coatings as an idea generator, reliable partner and problem solver.<\/p>\n

Expertise and a strong focus on customer and market needs are the foundations on which we develop innovative solutions. With our state-of-the-art production facilities, dedication and flexibility, we turn these solutions into quality products for paper and film applications of all kinds.<\/p>\n

Our standard portfolio already offers a huge variety of options to cover all application areas (pharmaceuticals, medical, chemical and engineering industry, food and beverages, cosmetics, logistics, and much more).<\/p>\n

And developing new, personalised and tailor-made self-adhesive solutions is part of our daily business. Innovative \u2013 flexible \u2013 versatile.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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UNIQUE VPF MODULAR SYSTEM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

The secret of VPF\u2019s success is our consistent focus on non-standard self-adhesive materials, with adhesive-free zones, coloured adhesives and other custom specifications, with fast delivery and small minimum order quantities.<\/p>\n

This is based on the unique VPF modular system comprising more than 400 film and paper labelstocks, over 30 specialty adhesives covering all modern self-adhesive technologies, and a large variety of siliconised paper and film liners with different release values.<\/p>\n

In addition to this, VPF\u2018s long experience in the self-adhesive labels market makes us a reliable partner for contract coating and the development of special solutions to meet specific customer needs.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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HERE IS JUST A SELECTION OF THE
\nSPECIALTIES WE OFFER:<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

\u2023\u00a0\u00a0Adhesive-free areas<\/span>
\n\u2023\u00a0\u00a0Opaque materials<\/span>
\n\u2023\u00a0\u00a0Multilayer and composite labelstocks<\/span>
\n\u2023\u00a0\u00a0UV acrylic\/conventional hotmelts in adjustable application weights<\/span>
\n\u2023\u00a0\u00a0Adhesives (dispersions) coloured to customer specifications<\/span>
\n\u2023\u00a0\u00a0UL-registered PET materials starting from 500 m\u00b2<\/span>
\n\u2023\u00a0\u00a0Inkjet materials made of paper, PP, PE, PET <\/span>
\n\u2023\u00a0\u00a0Data PE and TE coated facestocks (in combination with tyre-grade adhesives or increased coat weight hotmelts)<\/span>
\n\u2023\u00a0\u00a0Aluminium reverse coated materials<\/span>
\n\u2023\u00a0\u00a0Laser-printable self-adhesive materials: laser PET\/PP<\/span>
\n\u2023\u00a0\u00a0Security materials (void, checkerboard, splittable, destructible) in small minimum order quantities from 200 m\u00b2 and up<\/span>
\n\u2023\u00a0\u00a0Metallised and holographic facestocks<\/span>
\n\u2023\u00a0\u00a0Thermal PP self-adhesive materials<\/span>
\n\u2023\u00a0\u00a0Many more specialty facestock materials Tyvek, Teslin, Val\u00e9ron, acetate silk, …)<\/span>
\n\u2023\u00a0\u00a0Dry peel and no-stick grades<\/span>
\n\u2023\u00a0\u00a0Contract coating<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

HISTORY \/ MILESTONES<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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1967<\/td>\nEstablishment of VPF in Wuppertal (Germany) as an independent coater of self-adhesive materials using solvent-based adhesives<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1978<\/td>\nRelocation within Wuppertal and investment in the first coating line for dispersion adhesives<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>\nEstablishment of a second production site in Sprockh\u00f6vel \u2013 investment in an additional coating line for dispersions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>\nConstruction of a new warehouse in Sprockh\u00f6vel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/td>\nRelocation of the company administration to the new headquarters in Sprockh\u00f6vel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\nIncrease in capacity through the addition of a third dispersion coater<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nBeginning of a consistent focus on non-standard self-adhesive materials based on a modular system with adhesive-free zones, colored adhesives and other custom specifications, with fast delivery of small minimum order quantities.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nExpansion of coating technology through the addition of a coater for hot melt adhesives and UV acrylic hotmelts, plus building up laboratory capabilities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nInitial certification of the quality management system according to ISO 9001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nInitial certification of the environmental management system according to ISO 14001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\nUL certification for selected polyester products<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>\nFSC\u00ae Certification (FSC-C121349) for the processing of paper products from sustainably managed forestry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>\nRelocation of adhesive formulating operations and centralisation of all coating lines at the headquarters in Sprockh\u00f6vel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>\nComplete upgrade (retrofit) of the dispersion lines to reflect the latest state of the art<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\nExtension of our Administration Building as well as of our Laboratory and Product Development Capabilities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nInvested in new dryer technology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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