Tata Steel Nederland has commissioned a new production line for packaging steel, the company informs Kallanish.
The line builds on Tata’s proprietary TCCT technology (Trivalent Chromium Coating Technology) for packaging steel that is more sustainable and already complies with future legislation, the Dutch steelmaker says.
Tata Nederland notes it is the exclusive developer of this technology, and holds the patent. It also licenses TCCT technology to other steel producers. On the new line, TCCT is combined with another proprietary technology of Tata Nederland, Protact (polymer-coated packaging steel), a coating which uses no lacquers, and has a chromium VI-free substrate which is compliant with forthcoming European REACH legislation.
Combined with Protact, TSN meets the strictest food safety standards and simplifies the customer’s production process, because no extra lacquer layer is needed, the company explains. This means lower costs, fewer chemicals, and a shorter supply chain, it notes.
In the Netherlands, more than 95% of packaging steel is recycled into new steel.
