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Coated paper shields motorcycles from corrosion

Hero Honda, an Indian motorcycle manufacturer, uses corrosion-inhibiting paper to protect metal parts during overseas shipments in steamy conditions.

After first covering the pallet with a sheet of corrosion-inhibiting paper, a worker nails down the plastic strips that keep lar
After first covering the pallet with a sheet of corrosion-inhibiting paper, a worker nails down the plastic strips that keep lar

Partially assembled motorcycles from Hero Honda Motors in Haryana, India (about 43 miles southwest of New Delhi), can be exposed to five weeks of hot, humid weather before they reach Honda dealers in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and South America. The packaged parts suffer through salt air, fluctuations in temperature and humidity, leaks and condensation during their ocean voyage, all of which can speed the onset of corrosion.

Until 1997, Hero Honda was using an Indian-made corrosion-inhibiting paper to protect the motorcycle parts it manufactures from harsh ocean conditions. But the parts were still arriving at Honda dealers damaged by corrosion. V. K. Srivastava, assistant general manager, contacted distributor Zavenir Coated Products (New Delhi, India) to find better protection for its motorcycle parts.

Zavenir is a distributor for Daubert VCI (Burr Ridge, IL), a manufacturer of corrosion-inhibiting kraft paper. After a few trial shipments to Sri Lanka and South America, Srivastava found Daubert VCI’s paper to be “more effective and easier to execute” than the other corrosion-inhibiting paper Hero Honda had been using.

At Hero Honda’s facility, 15 employees work to wrap and ship between 50 and 100 dismantled motorcycles per day. Zavenir provides precut sheets of 35# Uniwrap® A paper as required by Hero Honda for its different-sized parts. The most frequently used size is 36”x60”.

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