Packaging steel

We develop innovative materials, applications and processing technologies, with a consistent focus on customer benefit.

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Overview

Tata Steel offers an extensive range of high-quality packaging steels in various widths, gauges and coatings.

Our range includes tinplate, tin-free steels (ECCS), blackplate, and our market-leading Protact^® laminated steel.

We are also a leading supplier of special grades and finishes for requirements including easy-open end applications and promotional packaging. Our packaging steels meet all your needs for strength, surface finish and forming properties and are tailored to suit your production processes and end-uses.

We offer technical expertise and customer support to help you:

optimize the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of your production processes - for less spoilage and fewer rejects
create even more efficient product designs and improve pack performance
bring packaging solutions to market faster

Two-piece aerosols made with Protact polymer-coated steel

Packaging steel product families

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Protact®

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Protact®

Protact laminated steel is food-safe and optimised for efficient, sustainable canmaking with opportunities for differentiated brand performance. It is a proven material solution across a number of high-performance canmaking applications and formats.

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Tinplate

We supply a wide range of proven tinplate products for applications including DWI cans, easy-open ends and flow-brightened 3-piece cans. We offer reliable product quality and short lead times to support your production demands.

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ECCS

Well-proven in a range of applications, our tin-free packaging steel (ECCS) delivers reliable quality for efficient processing. ECCS provides an excellent substrate for lacquering and is available in a wide choice of grades, thickness and surface finish to suit your processes and applications.

The Innovation Centre provides the technical knowledge and skills to help keep your products at the forefront of the market.

We have access to the global expertise of the Tata Steel Research and Development department. Based in IJmuiden, the Netherlands, the Innovation Centre has available to it some of the best research, development and technical resources in the steelmaking and tinplate world.

Our investigations include studies of corrosion and mechanical performance during handling, processing and storing. We use computer modelling to predict performance before the actual component is produced, speeding up development time and reducing trial and error.

Dealing with all aspects of the packaging supply chain, from welding, forming and coating to filling, seaming, sterilising and recycling, it provides excellent technological knowledge and skills. Our laboratory testing capabilities cover:

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