Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein is supplying CO2-reduced Bluemint packaging steel to Henkel for use in tinplate cans, supporting efforts to lower the carbon footprint of packaging, the company said.
The material is being used for adhesive packaging, including products under the Tangit brand, as part of a collaboration involving Henkel, Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein and metal packaging producer Pirlo.
Bluemint packaging steel is produced using specially processed scrap in the blast furnace, reducing reliance on carbon-intensive raw materials and lowering CO2 emissions compared with conventional tinplate. The product’s emissions profile is externally verified and certified.
The initiative highlights growing demand for low-carbon steel solutions in the packaging sector, with manufacturers increasingly focusing on reducing emissions across the value chain.
Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein, Germany’s only tinplate producer, has an annual packaging steel capacity of around 1.5 mln tons and is targeting climate neutrality by 2045.
