Tata Steel Packaging and Sensory Analytics Announce Partnership for Quality Excellence

Tata Steel’s Protact® rolling mill in IJmuiden, the Netherlands, and Sensory Analytics, the US supplier of proprietary SpecMetrix® film coating and thickness measurement systems, have agreed a partnership to optimize the performance and quality of both companies’ products. This collaboration will generate greater brand differentiation, while combining innovations to offer a higher level of quality assurance to mutual customers. Tata Steel and Sensory have agreed to work together on plant quality system improvements and collaborative business development initiatives, effective immediately.

To ensure the highest level of quality of laminated coils for Protact’s customers, Sensory’s latest SpecMetrix film thickness measurement systems will be installed on Protact’s lamination line, with the support of Sensory and IJmuiden plant personnel. The Tata Steel Protact team will also receive advanced training on the system from Sensory’s SpecMetrix certified support team members.

Tata Steel’s decision to invest in the new generation of coating and film layer quality assurance reinforces the Protact brand’s commitment to achieving optimum quality of rolled coils and process control for its growing customer base. This will be the first rolled metal plant in the world to be equipped with a SpecMetrix in-line coil coating measurement system. Protact also expects to be recognized by Sensory’s “SpecMetrix Certified” award as the world’s first laminated coil plant.

According to Greg Frisby, global coil industry director for Sensory’s SpecMetrix systems, “Tata Steel is world-renowned for its long-standing commitment to sustainability and excellence in coil quality. We are delighted to work with the leader in the next generation of laminated packaging to help showcase this brand partnership, while delivering the positive impacts of our SpecMetrix coating thickness measurement solutions to improve plant productivity.”

Hans den Hartog, Product Manager at Protact, added: “The fact that our innovative Protact rolled steel line is equipped with Sensory Analytics’ SpecMetrix in-line systems will help us to provide even greater quality assurance to our customers. We are always striving to improve our processes, and this innovative system will continuously verify that the applied rolled thickness levels are delivered with traceable quality for each Protact production coil. This partnership allows us to better highlight the increased efficiency, quality benefits and market opportunities that Protact can offer our global customers.”