Steel Solutions for Packaging Driven by ambition

Flat Carbon Europe

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Our ambition is to inject added value for all customers in the packaging industry. This is a healthy basis for the future of steel packaging.

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Driven by ambitionFor years, ArcelorMittal has been at the forefront of the packaging market.

And it is our intent to keep it that way. To maintain its position as the undis-puted leader in the global steel market, ArcelorMittal Flat Carbon Europe (FCE) is driven by an ambition to lead and a thirst for innovation. ArcelorMittal stands at the threshold of delivering the steel of tomorrow, today.

Strengthening the global value chain.

ArcelorMittal FCE knows its role as an essential actor in the packaging industry’s value chain. Although we are a long way from the can that is lifted off a store shelf, the commercial, technical, legal and environmental aspects of the steel packaging industry are in our DNA and we are able to efficiently collaborate with all the players involved.

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ArcelorMittal FCE A complementary industrial networkThe ArcelorMittal FCE advantage is that we offer production plants and service centres at the doorstep of our customers’ facilities. Wherever it is in Europe, we serve our customers with a wide range of products via an optimised logistical route. our geographical network further allows us to optimise our delivery to all markets.

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ArcelorMittal FCE A complementary industrial network

To respond to the overall demand for steel for packaging we have developed a number of service centres – reinforcing the proximity to our customers – already operating in Canossa (italy), barcelona (Spain), gemlik (Turkey), odessa (Ukraine) and more recently Avellino (italy).These service centres – all strategically located – fully comply with regional canmaking operations to help reduce delivery times, implement just-in-time inventory management practices and lower the overall storage costs for our customers. just another example of how ArcelorMittal leads the way.

As a leader in steel production for beverage, food, decorative, aerosol and industrial cans, along with easy open ends and caps, ArcelorMittal FCE has production of over 1.6 million tonnes of steel for packaging in Europe, accomplished in 5 production sites, supported by 5 service centres and a global r&D centre. our collective

know-how and enthusiastic spirit for pushing the bar gives us the strategic advantage of being better able to respond to market expectations. All of our steel for packaging production plants are certified iSo 9001.

European network of dedicated service centres

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A thirst for innovationIn today’s competitive market, innovation is no longer an option – it is simply a must

For us, innovation means discovering new solutions that give our customers the competitive edge. innovation is our answer to the competitiveness of such materials as glass, aluminium, plastics and composites. The continuous improvement of our steel performances is the key issue for the future of our material.

At ArcelorMittal, this means:› reducing the weight through

significant down gauging actions› increasing the formability

of steel, to enable the production of appealingly shaped cans› Complying with ever more stringent

environmental regulations

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Research and development Our key to the future

innovation is one of our top priorities and we work in close partnership with customers, the can makers, helping them integrate their requirements throughout the supply chain. our service offers are constantly adapted to meet the ever-changing needs of our customers, allowing them to better serve their own clients. We benefit from the extensive resources of the ArcelorMittal group, including its dedicated r&D centre for packaging, giving us the means to promote innovative solutions across the packaging market.

R&D is at the heart of ArcelorMittal’s innovation strategy

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Product RangeDifferent steels for different needs

We offer an extensive range of products, to serve all the different packaging sectors, including:› Tinplate, ECCS, Ez› large spread of mechanical properties

from 230 Mpa to 650 Mpa› gauges from 0.49 mm down to

0.13 mm and below› Ez 0.28 mm and below for tabstock› possibilities for coil coating› Adapted equipment for slitting and

cutting into sheets

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TabStronger – ThinnerWe propose a new generation of Steels For packaging specially designed for tab applications that combines high strength with excellent formability ready for the Tab of the Future, still available with a large range of metallic and organic coatings.

Easy Open End Maleïs®

A range of steel with enhanced mechanical characteristics and improved elongation. Dedicated to cylindrical easy open ends, Maleïs® is the ideal steel for cans retorted without a counter pressure process.

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Available in Development

0.08 0.10 0.12 0.14 0.16

TH415/435/460

TH480/520/550

TS550

TS480/520mm

3P CanUltra-thin gaugesThe 3p can is already using the thinnest commercial gauges but we are thinking one step ahead and we will be the first in Europe to break the 0.10 mm barrier.

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Drawn can Creasteel®A generation of deep-drawing steels with excellent formability whose wide range of sophisticated and original shapes creates innumerable possibilities for brand differentiation in drawn cans.

0.14 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.18

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TH330

TH415/435

TH550/580

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in addition, we also offer several tailored steel ranges, for specific applications, either to allow lightweighting of existing packaging or to respond to the increasing needs of differentiation of the brand owners.

Product RangeDifferent steels for different needs

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Available in Development

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Beverage Can Soon as light as everThe beverage Can specifications are being released in the very near future. To take advantage of this new opportunity to downgauge, our customers will need a larger DWi steel grade offer. We will be ready.

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Coatings & passivation

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Tin Coating (g/m2)

Code Min Max

300 1.0 3.0

311 3.5 9.0

314 9.0

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passivation (mg/m2)

› Most tin coating combinations are available with adapted differential marking› oiling with DoS or ATbC› Cr Free passivated samples are available on inquiry

Tinplates

Electrogalvanised

zinc coating (μm)

1.5 μm (both faces)

› For Tabs only

ECCS

Chromium coating (mg/m2)

› oiling with bSo or DoS

Character. Min Max

Cr total 50 140

Cr ox 7 35

ColourDimensions

Width min 450 mm

Width max 980 mm

External diameter max 1 600 mm

› Tolerances and specific dimensions to be confirmed on request

g/m2 Tpl ECCS Ez Main use

gold aluminised 5 Tabstock

Clear aluminised 5 Tabstock

Clear 5 Tabstock

gold 5 Tabstock

gold 6 Ends

Clear 6 Ends

pale gold 6 Ends

› Food contact ability to be confirmed on request

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Formats

Coil weight max 20 t Coil diameter can limit the weight

Coil width min 680 mm Smaller sizes are available in slit coils

Coil width max 1 230 mm

Slit coil width min 22 mm For specific applications

Sheet length min (straight) 510 mm

Sheet length max (straight) 1 150 mm

Sheet length min (scroll) 559 mm

Sheet length max (scroll) 1 150 mm

Dimensions

› Some more other restrictions may exist depending on the product

Surface finishes

Finish Steel base Tpl ECCS Ez Flow-melted roughness ra

Name Code

Fine Stone FS Fine Stone Yes / No 0.25 – 0.45 (μm)

Stone ST Stone Yes / No 0.35 – 0.60 (μm)

Silver Sg Shot blast Yes 0.80 – 1.20 (μm)

Mat MM Shot blast No 0.80 – 1.20 (μm)

Surface aspect

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Continuous improvements in our processes aimed at energy consumption reduction, increased steel recycling and growing material efficiency have resulted in a significant decrease in the Co2 impact of our steel products.ArcelorMittal has a robust record in Co2 reduction. over the past 30 years we have reduced our carbon footprint in Europe by more than 50%. We set the trend for developing tools capable of identifying, in a comparative way, each individual plant’s carbon footprint – giving us the ability to detect and target additional improvements. We continue to work with the World Steel Association to develop a sector approach to Co2 monitoring and reduction, which is to be supported by all major steel producing countries. When implemented, this approach will access actual reduction potential using a reliable measurement of current Co2 emissions and performance analysis.

Sustainability This isn’t ‘green washing’, this is ArcelorMittal

ArcelorMittal takes its responsibility for the environment seriously. it starts with awareness and is followed by a company-wide determination to lower our collective carbon dioxide (Co2) emissions level.

It’s not only steel business. It’s green business.

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2.5 million tonnes of steel containers being recycled annually. All of our steel for packaging production plants are certified iSo 14001 – complying with the Environmental policy of ArcelorMittal. our aim is to constantly improve our environmental performance while managing the impact induced by our activities, products and services on the environment.

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Increasing steel packaging recycling: lowering carbon footprintsUnlike any other packaging material, steel is 100% recyclable

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Source: apealWith steel, natural resources are saved for future generations and total energy use and Co2 emissions are significantly reduced. in fact, each item of recycled steel packaging saves one and a half times its weight in Co2. in other words, the more steel is recycled, the greater the reduction in Co2 emissions. in 2008 alone, recycling of steel packaging in Europe prevented as much as 3.9 million tonnes of Co2 emissions from being released into the environment.recycling is almost second nature for steel. Thanks to its magnetic properties, steel packaging is the easiest and most economical type of packaging to sort and recover for recycling. Since 2008, over 70% of steel packaging has been recycled in Europe, with strong growth recorded across the continent. That amounts to over

its unlimited lifespan and the potential for perpetual recyclability without detriment to its mechanical properties places the sustainability advantage firmly in the hands of steel.

regardless of how many times it is recycled, steel loses none of its strength or inherent properties. The reuse and recycling cycle of steel is a never-ending process.

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