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Nippon Steel has begun the full commercial production of chromate-free tinplate (EZP™)

Dec 7, 2021

Nippon Steel Corporation (“Nippon Steel”) has begun the commercial production of chromate-free tinplate*. Tinplate is mainly used as a material for containers such as food and beverage packaging cans, as well as general cans. It is an environmentally friendly material...

Extension of the period for using chromium trioxide to produce rasselstein® packaging steel

Nov 3, 2020

thyssenkrupp Rasselstein GmbH reports that it welcomes the decision of the EU Commission to temporarily approve the use of chromium trioxide for the production of rasselstein® packaging steel. Upon publication in the EU Official Journal of 10/21/2020, the company’s...

thyssenkrupp invests in new state-of-the-art coating line at Andernach site

Aug 14, 2019

thyssenkrupp has approved the investment funds to build a new, state-of-the-art coating line for packaging steel at its Andernach site. As well as meeting the technical requirements for a new process for the production of chromium-coated packaging steel, this will...

Food packaging simulant failure mechanisms in next generation steel packaging

Jun 21, 2019

Legislative pressures have led to the mature dominant chromium‐coated steel (ECCS) substrate and epoxy phenolic lacquer replacement in Europe. An investigation was carried out to examine the interaction between a steel surface engineered with a novel, developmental...

Sealing effect of surface porosity of Ti–P composite films on tinplates

May 28, 2019

A novel chrome-free Ti–P composite film was prepared by casting a mixed solution containing titanium and phosphorus species, which is able to seal the pores on the tinplate surface. The obtained film was characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy...

Fresh European Parliament vote on continued use of chromium trioxide in tinplate and tin-free steel

Apr 4, 2019

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