In North America, over 32 billion steel cans are manufactured and shipped to the consumer packaging sector every year.
Steel, or "tin" cans (named because of their micro-thin coating of tin, which prevents corrosion) comprise over 90% of the food can market.
The metal food can is the most efficient, economical and nutritional means possible to deliver food products to your table (or Fido's bowl) and are completely recyclable.
ArcelorMittal Dofasco has become an industry leader by supplying our tin plate products to the food can industry. We provide products for the full range of 3-piece welded can applications and 2-piece cans including drawn and ironed and draw-redraw. And you know those tin free steel ends on the frozen juice containers? We make the steel for that too.
At our tin mill, we make enough product for three TRILLION soup-sized cans every year!
Tin (bright or matte finish)
| Gauge | Width | Coating weight |
|---|---|---|
| 0.0055"-0.0230" | 28"-46.45" |
0.6 g/m2 – 6.8 g/m2 |
Tinplate grades
Surface treatment features
- Single reduced-double reduced electrolytic tinplate
- Electrolytic chromium coated steel
- Black plate - as rolled, full finish
- Black plate - full hard
- Electrolytic tin coated sheet