JSW Platina: India’s First Continuous Annealed Tinplate
JSW Steel, the flagship company of JSW Group, has launched a new brand for its tin coated products – JSW Platina. Tinplate products are majorly used in packaging applications such as cans and containers of food grade oils, processed food, aerosol & paint cans, battery casings, etc. Unlike plastic which is prominently used in packaging, JSW Platina is an environment-friendly product which is set to redefine the packaging industry in India. The company has invested close to Rs 1,000 crore at its Tarapur unit in Maharashtra to expand its tinplate capacity to 5 lakh metric tonnes.
JSW Platina is a continuous annealed tinplate product with higher product uniformity, that enables high speed can manufacturers to achieve higher productivity by reducing the rejection rates. This in turn has a direct bearing on the scale, efficiency and thereby profitability of their business. The strategic location of production unit in Maharashtra and continuous annealed tinplate process ensures lower production and delivery lead time of JSW Platina, assuring faster delivery to customers and contributing higher efficiencies in India’s futuristic economy.
JSW Platina is available in both Single Reduced and Double Reduced varieties, according to the end-use requirement. Double Reduced Tinplate is stronger and brighter than the conventional Single Reduced Tinplate and it gives more cans from each ton without compromising on strength. Annealing and temper rolling mill/ double cold rolling mills are used to provide the base material with the degree of a hardness that distinguishes the nature of the tinplate.
Since different applications of JSW Platina require different degree of hardness for base material, the desired hardness is achieved through a complex process involving annealing and temper rolling mill/double cold rolling mill which comply with globally accepted standards.
JSW Steel is the first among its peers to introduce continuous annealing technology for making tinplate products in India. This technology ensures availability of high-quality tinplated steel for packaging. Further, JSW Platina will provide an indigenous alternative to packaging manufacturers as continuous annealed tinplates have been entirely imported by can manufacturers so far providing impetus to nation’s motto of ‘Make in India’. This product has a wide variety of applications in both food and non-food packaging such as food cans, ghee, edible oils, coffee cans, juices, as well as aerosol cans, battery, crown corks and many others.
India is one of the countries that has pledged to eliminate single use plastics by 2022. JSW Platina presents an unprecedented opportunity to become the most preferred packaging material of the future because it is sustainable. While it enables JSW Steel to tap the opportunity for tinplate products in the Indian packaging segment, it also contributes to the larger cause of eliminating single-use plastics in the country.
