Customer Success Story from CIPATEX | SUNTECH Textile Machinery

SUNTECH & CIPATEX
Automated Roll Packing & Robotic Sorting, Efficiency Boosted & Labor Saving

Founded in 1964, CIPATEX is an undisputed industry leader in synthetic coated textiles and artificial leather, with a strong footprint across Latin America and global markets. In 2026, CIPATEX embarked on its first partnership with SUNTECH. The company invested in SUNTECH’s automated fabric roll packing solutions and newly launched robotic sorting system. This deployment marks a key milestone for CIPATEX, driving a major shift toward unmanned and intelligent operations within its end-of-line packaging workflow.
SUNTECH & CIPATEX
Automated Roll Packing & Robotic Sorting, Efficiency Boosted & Labor Saving

Founded in 1964, CIPATEX is an undisputed industry leader in synthetic coated textiles and artificial leather, with a strong footprint across Latin America and global markets. In 2026, CIPATEX embarked on its first partnership with SUNTECH. The company invested in SUNTECH’s automated fabric roll packing solutions and newly launched robotic sorting system. This deployment marks a key milestone for CIPATEX, driving a major shift toward unmanned and intelligent operations within its end-of-line packaging workflow.

Background

Founded in 1964, CIPATEX (CIPATEX IMPREGNADORA DE PAPÉIS E TECIDOS LTDA) boasts over 60 years of profound expertise and an outstanding reputation in the manufacturing of synthetic materials, coated fabrics and artificial leather. As a robust large multinational manufacturer, it specializes in the R&D and production of PVC/PU synthetic leather, synthetic laminates, geomembranes, waterproofing membranes and industrial adhesives. In terms of production capacity, CIPATEX operates five modern core manufacturing plants across Brazil, mainly located in industrial hubs including Cerquilho and Campo Bom. Its total production area exceeds 100,000 square meters, supported by around 1,400 skilled employees.

To sustain efficient global operations, the company has built an extensive domestic manufacturing base in Brazil, set up a subsidiary in Argentina for import and regional management, and established offices and branches in Miami, Florida of the United States, Spain and other regions. This forms a stable, globally reaching supply chain network. As the undisputed leader within Latin America's synthetic coating and artificial leather sector, CIPATEX’s products serve diversified consumer and industrial markets worldwide. Its application scenarios cover footwear, bags and accessories, automotive interiors, premium furniture upholstery, civil construction, children's articles, sports & leisure goods, stationery and gifts.

Facing fierce global competition, CIPATEX competes head-to-head with international chemical and material giants such as 3M and DuPont, staying at the forefront of the industry through premium quality and strong innovation capabilities. To meet stringent requirements from high-end overseas markets including Europe and North America, the company keeps heavy capital investment in eco-friendly, automated and intelligent production lines. It is committed to delivering high-performance, sustainable modern synthetic material solutions for global partners. In 2026, the CIPATEX team paid a dedicated visit to SUNTECH and launched official cooperation. The introduction of fully automatic packing and robotic sorting production lines marks a key milestone in the two parties' collaboration on automated and smart manufacturing.

Honored Customer Journey

Committed to superior quality and high-efficiency production, CIPATEX sets stringent standards for automating its end-of-line packaging processes. In June 2026, introduced by our professional agent network, CIPATEX's senior management and technical team paid a dedicated visit to SUNTECH. They conducted in-depth discussions and functional verifications focusing on automated fabric roll packing systems and intelligent robotic sorting technology, while touring SUNTECH's manufacturing facility and equipment production lines. Leveraging SUNTECH's technical expertise in packaging solutions for textiles and industrial materials worldwide, coupled with the outstanding equipment performance demonstrated on-site, CIPATEX expressed strong recognition of SUNTECH's R&D capacity and brand credibility. The company placed an official order in June 2026 for an automated fabric roll packing line integrated with robotic sorting functions.

This collaboration marks another major breakthrough for SUNTECH within Latin America's high-end integrated automation equipment market and opens a new chapter for both parties to build modern smart factories together. We regard CIPATEX as one of our most vital partners in Latin America. By thoroughly understanding CIPATEX's production pain points and requirements, and delivering practical, tailored solutions, we have ensured smooth project progress. We look forward to deeper cooperation ahead and supporting CIPATEX in advancing its smart factory implementation.

Challenges & Why SUNTECH

Business Challenges

As a modern synthetic materials manufacturer with over 100,000 square meters of production space and massive monthly output, CIPATEX has long faced heavy end-of-line processing pressure from high volumes of finished rolled goods. Before adopting automated equipment, its conventional fabric roll packing and sorting workflows relied heavily on manual labor. The process consumed substantial labor resources, and packing speed struggled to keep pace with the high throughput of upstream production. In addition, manual sorting, conveying and packing were prone to human errors caused by operator fatigue. These manual workflows also failed to meet the demands of high-intensity, continuous material flow required by modern workshops. Such limitations hindered the mill’s progress toward full-process unmanned operation and lean management.
Product Requirements

To meet stringent delivery standards for high-end overseas markets including Europe and North America and further lift overall operational efficiency, CIPATEX was in urgent need of a highly integrated, intelligent downstream packaging system. In terms of performance and automation, the client required the equipment to deliver fully unmanned, automatic operation across the entire roll packing process to drastically cut labor reliance. For sorting and smart functions, the system had to incorporate an advanced robotic sorting module for efficient, accurate identification, automatic picking and intelligent diverting of finished fabric rolls of various specifications and types. Furthermore, the complete system needed exceptional industrial-grade stability, smooth line interconnection and reliable performance for high-volume continuous production. This ensures seamless integration into its global-oriented modern smart workshop layout.
Why SUNTECH

CIPATEX ultimately selected SUNTECH as its strategic partner for automation upgrades, driven by three core strengths. First, SUNTECH’s outstanding brand reputation and proven track record with benchmark clients across global intelligent packaging and material handling sectors make it a trusted industry partner. Second, SUNTECH boasts leading technical capabilities. Its automated fabric roll packing line integrates precision mechanical control and cutting-edge robotic sorting technology, perfectly matching CIPATEX's diverse and complex portfolio of synthetic materials. Lastly, through on-site inspection and face-to-face technical discussions, SUNTECH's professionalism, rigorous equipment testing standards and comprehensive service support fully reinforced CIPATEX’s confidence in partnering with us to advance workshop intelligent transformation.

SUNTECH Solutions to Help Out

Automated Fabric Roll Packing & Sorting Solutions

To meet CIPATEX's modernization requirements for finished synthetic material packing and sorting, SUNTECH delivered a customized high-end Automated Fabric Roll Packing Solution. Seamlessly integrating efficient automatic conveying, precise PE film wrapping and hot air sealing technology, the system delivers high-standard, tight plastic sealing for rolls of varying sizes and materials, offering reliable protection during long-distance transportation and storage.

As the core highlight and technical breakthrough of the solution, an advanced robotic sorting module is deeply embedded. Powered by intelligent vision recognition and high-precision robotic arms, the robot automatically picks, sorts and accurately positions finished rolls at high throughput, eliminating the tedious, low-efficiency drawbacks of manual sorting.

Tailored for modern smart workshops, this solution fundamentally resolves the end-of-line packing and sorting bottlenecks caused by massive roll output. It enables fully unmanned, seamless automation from roll offloading and packing to sorting. For tangible business value, the system multiplies the packing workshop's throughput, operational accuracy and line speed, while removing human errors and fatigue-related risks. It supports CIPATEX's goals of labor reduction, productivity gains and smart upgrading at the end of its production line. With this robust, technology-driven integrated solution, SUNTECH helps the Latin American synthetic materials leader build an efficient, safe and intelligent new ecosystem for downstream workshop operations.

Reviews from CIPATEX

CIPATEX expressed its appreciation to SUNTECH for its responsive support and practical equipment solutions tailored to its production needs.

We are deeply impressed by SUNTECH’s expertise in automated packaging and intelligent sorting technologies. The on-site visit and in-depth technical discussions have filled us with confidence in SUNTECH’s product quality and innovation capabilities. We eagerly anticipate the substantial performance gains once this automated fabric roll packing system goes live at our plant.

-- Mr. Antônio Carlos Leite Ribeiro

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