tesa 4174 and 4379 success stories

With customers in more than 100 countries around the world, tesa has become one of the leading manufacturers of adhesives. tesa® 4174 & 4379 The tape supplier serves myriad industries — electronics, appliance, automotive, transportation, and more — with diverse product lines that feature masking tapes, double-sided fasteners, packaging adhesives, and other specialty tapes. And tesa leaders have made it their mission to be the go-to global tape manufacturer… with the most innovative solutions on the market and the best customer service in the world!

CHALLENGE

In 2019, an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of SUVs brought a challenge to the tesa team: they needed a solution for their painting process. It was costing them valuable time and money because they hadn’t found the right masking tape to fi t their production needs. The area they needed to mask was large, and the application process was taking far too much time. They’d tried other tapes, but the extensive process required to apply those alternatives was a key factor in lost time. The OEM needed a solution, they needed it fast, and they needed it to provide top quality!

SOLUTION

One aspect the OEM had always gotten right was their commitment to quality. When the leadership team approached tesa, they asked for the very best adhesive available. Their customers had come to trust their SUVs to be top-of-the-line vehicles, and the OEM knew a quality masking tape would help them keep their reputation strong. Their solution proved to be a combination of high-quality adhesives: tesa® 4174 and 4379. The tesa® 4174 — a PVC fi ne-line masking tape that’s temperature resistant — works well for a number of automotive paint applications. The tesa® 4379 Easy Cover — a polypropylene fi lm —works with the tesa® 4174 to improve quality control and provide overspray protection. Some features tesa® 4174 users can count on include: • Residue-free removal • Conformability, even on multidimensional surfaces Consistent masking performance on both painted and non-painted surfaces • Temperature resistance of 150°C/302°F per 1h • 10 µm/4.33 mils thickness for sharp paint edges And if that wasn’t enough, tesa also provides both standardized and customized applicators for tesa® 4174 so production lines can apply the tape faster — saving valuable time — and reproduce the masking design perfectly… over and over again.

RESULTS

In the end, the combination of tapes proved to be just what the OEM was looking for: a quality solution designed with their specifi c needs in mind. With the improved production process, they bought back valuable time they’d lost and have continued to run more e ciently since. If we could sum up our success on this project, we’d have to say it came down to collaboration. Collaboration between the tesa and OEM teams, the partnerships with other OEMs that have allowed tesa to prove itself as the go-to supplier of top-quality adhesives, and the synergy of two complementary tapes doing what they do best. Yes, collaboration was a key. Is a key… for the future. That… and continuing to o er the very best adhesives available!