Material matters: thyssenkrupp Rasselstein presents forward-looking solutions at METPACK

Starting May 5, METPACK in Essen will once again serve as the meeting place for the international metal packaging industry. thyssenkrupp Rasselstein, Germany’s sole tinplate manufacturer, will be represented at the trade show again this year. At Stand 3A31 in Hall 3, the company will present forward-looking solutions for the challenges facing tinplate packaging manufacturers today. The focus is on innovative packaging steels that can increase efficiency and enable thickness reductions in packaging – while maintaining the stability of cans, twist-off closures, or crown corks.

Visitors to the stand can discover the latest developments, such as rasselstein^® CUP (Cup Ultimate Performance) for aerosol can mounting cups and rasselstein^® D&I Solid, the next generation of D&I material for two-piece food cans. rasselstein^® CUP combines excellent formability with significantly higher strength and low earing. rasselstein^® D&I Solid is a further development that enables material savings of up to 10 percent and thus significant efficiency gains.

“As the industry’s premier trade show, METPACK offers us the ideal setting to engage with our customers and present our new products and solutions,” says Clarissa Odewald, CEO of thyssenkrupp Rasselstein GmbH. “We look forward to an intensive exchange, especially against the backdrop of current challenges and opportunities.”

New digital tool: The FEA-based Canculator

With the Canculator, thyssenkrupp Rasselstein has once again expanded its digital offering. The tool is integrated into the company’s Packaging Steel App and is based on the finite element analysis (FEA) and a machine learning model. The Canculator enables the estimation of achievable thickness reductions when using the innovative packaging steel grade rasselstein^® D&I Solid for two-piece food cans. Various parameters can be individually adjusted using sliders; the resulting, customer-specific thickness reductions are calculated within seconds. The Canculator can be tested at the thyssenkrupp Rasselstein booth and provides valuable insights for further developments in the customer portfolio.

Visitors to the thyssenkrupp Rasselstein stand can also learn about other new developments, such as tinplate made from CO₂-reduced bluemint^® Steel, with which the tinplate manufacturer is making an active contribution to reducing emissions in production processes and supporting its customers in achieving their sustainability goals.

The entire Rasselstein team looks forward to productive discussions at stand 3A31 in Hall 3 at METPACK.

About thyssenkrupp Rasselstein GmbH
thyssenkrupp Rasselstein GmbH is one of the world's leading suppliers of high-quality tinplate. At its site in Andernach, Germany – the largest facility of its type worldwide – the company has an annual production capacity of up to 1.5m tons of packaging steel. More than 2,000 employees serve international customers across a wide range of markets – from producers of food and pet food cans to manufacturers of aerosol cans, packaging for paints and coatings or containers for hazardous goods, as well as crown corks and closures. This makes thyssenkrupp Rasselstein the first port of call for experts who know exactly what counts in the packaging industry. With the excellent expertise of its employees and thanks to the high efficiency of its innovative packaging steels, the company finds reliable solutions for the diverse requirements of its customers.