OREANDA-NEWS. July 24, 2012. Baosteel signed a comprehensive technical cooperation agreement with CPMC officially, and set up a joint laboratory for packaging steel, which marked both sides enter into a new cooperation stage on new product development, users using technology of packaging steel, reported the press-centre of Baosteel.  

At present, CPMC is one of the most modern integrated metal packaging companies in China, who possesses plant in Hangzhou, and other professional production bases. CPMC has also introduced 11 lines on modern printing, coating production, 12 lines on can production, 3 lines on plastic production successively, and with the international advanced level of expertise and technology on metal packaging container manufacturing, CPMC is the strategy user for Baosteel tin products.

Since last year, under the lead of Baosteel Product and Development Department, both sides have been promoting products quality improvement of steel for packaging, and made great progress on the joint development and application on milk cans and other products in the way of technology project cooperation. This year, Baosteel launched the comprehensive technology cooperation with CPMC, and determined 11 technology cooperation programs such as application of iron-chromium-free passivation tin for milk powder, and research on corrosion resistance of tinplate.

During the next stage, Baosteel and CPMC will further consolidate and enhance their leading position in the industry to achieve "strategic cooperation, mutual benefit and win-win" goal by comprehensive technology cooperation through the improvement of metal material performance, the joint development on detection and application technology, co-establishment of "packaging steel research and application team", and the research integrated solution on material application.