Media and photographers are invited to a guided tour of Tata Steel’s new Protact manufacturing line in IJmuiden, Netherlands.

Date: 10th May 2019

Time: 9.15am to 4pm

Location: Tata Steel IJmuiden, Wenckebachstraat 1, 1951 JZ Velsen-Noord, Netherlands

RSVP to Jessica@twelvepr.co.uk no later than 26th April 2019

Tata Steel’s new Protact lamination line at its IJmuiden plant works in the Netherlands is now fully operational. The facility, known as Lamination Line 11, has been constructed following the opening of the company’s film manufacturing line, or Film Line 12, in 2017.

Together the full facility has the capacity to make more than 200,000 tonnes of Protact canstock a year. The lamination line, the largest of its kind in the world, sees the specialist film coating applied to sheet steel through heat lamination to produce the final Protact product.

Interview opportunities

Interviews with key personnel from the Protact manufacturing process can be arranged prior to the visit by emailing Jessica@twelvepr.co.uk or on the day depending on availability.

Spokespeople available include:

• Steven Dijkstra, Head of Marketing Packaging, Distribution & Integrated Business
• Simone Vooijs, Director Operations
• Fred Jonker, Manager Technology Projects
• Henri Kwakkel, Principle Researcher in Research and Development
• Ivo Pommerel, Communications Business Partner

Timetable

• 9.15am Arrival by taxi at Tata Steel IJmuiden [On arrival, please use Dudokhauis entrance.]
• 9.15am – 10.00am Welcome and Tata Steel IJmuiden introduction
• 10.00am – 12.30pm Plant tour (including health and safety briefing, overall steelmaking, Protact manufacturing line (film & lamination)
• 12.45pm – 13.45pm Lunch at IJmuiden site
• 2.00pm – 2.45pm Short Research & Development tour
• 3pm – Interview opportunity with Simone Vooijs and Steven Dijkstra regarding Protact development projects.
• 3.30pm Return to Schipol airport by taxi