Tata Steel Nederland has successfully commissioned a state-of-the-art production line dedicated to the manufacture of packaging steel. This new line incorporates the company’s innovative Trivalent Chromium Coating Technology (TCCT), allowing the production of packaging steel in a more sustainable and environmentally responsible manner. By leveraging TCCT, Tata Steel ensures that its packaging steel meets stringent regulatory requirements while also aligning with anticipated future legislation on coatings and materials.
Packaging steel has uses in canmaking and acts as an additional for conformist tin-free options. Tata Steel Nederland expresses that it is the limited developer of this invention and holds the patent. The company also provides TCCT technology to other steel manufacturers.
Arne Hoogervorst, manager of packing at Tata Steel Nederland, expresses: “Our TCCT technology allows sustainable production of packaging steel and safeguards compliance with future chemical-use legislation, viz. the EU’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals. This is not only good news for the situation but also for our employees, as it makes work safer.”
“United with Protact (polymer-coated packaging steel), Tata Steel Nederland provides an environmentally friendly option that fulfils the strictest food safety guidelines and simplifies the customer’s production procedure: no extra lacquer layer is required. This means lower charges, fewer chemicals, and a quicker supply chain. Together with our consumers, we invent for a more effective, safer, and ecologically friendly future.”
TCCT technology is planned for easy acceptance by canmakers, with no changes needed to the canmaking system. “In the Netherlands, more than 95% of packing steel is recycled into new steel from food cans to aerosol cans. For canned food, packing steel provides many advantages, such as long shelf life (even outside the refrigerator), decreasing food waste,” says the company.
“Steel packaging is easy and low-cost to separate from other waste, offering a circular economy. Steel cans are therefore the most recycled packaging resource.”
The entire production procedure in the Netherlands takes place at one site, generating a simpler supply chain, as per the company. The TCCT-Protact combination is designed to meet food safety guidelines. In addition, the solution offers cost efficiencies, as TCCT-Protact eliminates the necessity for an additional lacquer layer for consumers.
Last year, Tata Steel also signed a letter of intent with the government of the Netherlands and the area of North Holland to enhance the ecological sustainability of the company’s Ijmuiden service.
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