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Protact® from Corus Packaging Plus has been selected by UK can maker William Say & Co as its material of choice for paint can components. William Say & Co is excited by the benefits that Protact polymer-coated steel offers, both for a better pack performance as for the opportunity to standardise coatings. Explains William Say Managing Director, Peter Wilkinson: “Protact enables us to standardise our specifications by having a consistency of material across all our range of components - bottoms, rings and lids. We don’t have to keep a variety of stock because we use fewer specifications. Previously we sometimes had conflicting views about what material would be suitable for a particular ring; this is now solved. Also with Protact, lid retention is undoubtedly far better.” “Thanks to the excellent pack performance that Protact offers, our customers are now able to use a very broad range of fillings, even more aggressive and hard-to-hold fillings. We are also thinking of going into new market areas we’ve not entered before, like food for instance. Protact fully complies with EU food contact regulations and overcomes many of the issues associated with recent legislation.” Protact for excellent pack performance and ‘one size fits all’ Protact offers excellent pack performance. It offers can makers and brand owners the total solution for paint packaging, as it delivers the highest resistance against a wide range of water-based and solvent-based paints and hard-to-hold fillings. The latest research from Corus shows just how effective Protact PP and PET is compared to lacquers. Its unique PET coating integrity, durability and scratch and abrasion resistance protects both the inside as well as the outside of the paint can, also against corrosion. Furthermore, Protact enables can makers to standardise coating specifications with a ‘one size fits all’ approach, which in turn will deliver costs saving and increased flexibility. New brochure A new brochure ‘Protact for paint packaging’ from Corus Packaging Plus highlights the key benefits of Protact for paint cans and pails, can components (rings, bottoms and lids) and for bodies. The brochure can be downloaded from www.coruspackaging.com.
Corus Packaging Plus is one of Europe’s leading suppliers of high quality packaging steels. The company focuses on innovative new materials, applications and processing technologies, working closely with its business partners to increase value all along the supply chain. Corus Packaging Plus supplies 1.5 million tonnes of high quality light gauge steels to the packaging industry worldwide. Corus is Europe's second largest steel producer with revenues in 2006 of £9.7 billion and crude steel production of 18.2 million tonnes, primarily in the Uk and the Netherlands. Combining international expertise with local customer service, the Corus brand represents quality and strength, providing innovative solutions to the construction, automotive, packaging, mechanical engineering and other markets worldwide. Corus is a subsidiary of Tata Steel, the world's fifth largest and second most global steel producer. With a combined presence in 45 countries, Tata Steel including Corus has 84,000 employees across four continents and a pro forma crude steel production of 27 million tonnes in 2007. About William Say William Say & Co is based in Bermondsey, London and supplies amongst others paint cans for various businesses, a.o. Farrow & Ball. For further information, please call: Susan van der Steenhoven
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