Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein is supporting Henkel in further reducing the CO₂ footprint of its packaging. The packaging steel manufacturer is providing CO₂-reduced Bluemint® steel for tinplate cans across various product categories.
The sustainable packaging concept is based on the collaboration between Henkel's Adhesive Technologies business unit, Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein, the only German tinplate manufacturer, and the metal packaging manufacturer Pirlo. The CO₂-reduced packaging steels are used particularly for tinplate cans of adhesives for professional craftsmen and consumers, including under the Tangit brand.
With Bluemint Steel, Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein offers a product line where CO₂ emissions are significantly reduced already during steel production. For this, specially processed steel scrap is used in the blast furnace, thereby saving CO₂-intensive raw materials. The specific emissions of Bluemint packaging steel are externally verified and certified by DNV.
Packaging steel as a building block for sustainable packaging solutions
Tinplate packaging is already a sustainable solution: packaging steel is almost loss-free and can be recycled again and again, featuring closed material loops. In Europe, 82 percent of tinplate packaging is recycled – more frequently than any other packaging material. In Germany, tinplate achieves a recycling rate of 94.3 percent among private end consumers – a top performance that impressively highlights the special recyclability of packaging steel.
Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein aims to be climate-neutral by 2045, actively contributing to the transformation towards a climate-neutral industry.
Source: Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein
