ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products
Daniel Ballesta, CEO Auxiliar Conservera, commented: “ArcelorMittal has become a fundamental ally in our decarbonisation strategy, providing its own deep-seated knowledge and commitment on sustainability. Their XCarb® initiative is a key tool in enabling us to achieve our ambitious targets, and we intend to incorporate it where possible within our wider packaging portfolio.”
Daniel Ballesta, CEO Auxiliar Conservera
Auxiliar Conservera’s tin can assembly line.
Auxiliar Conservera first launched its OpenVac® proprietary canning technology in 2017, employing high vacuum conditions to achieve absolutely airtight seals, with easy-opening and convenience characteristics.
“For us OpenVac® is a game changer”, added Daniel Ballesta. “It’s a new way of packaging and preserving food that departs from traditional canning methods and offers our customers really exciting options for the way they present their foods. Our collaboration with ArcelorMittal promises to be a game changer thanks to XCarb® solutions that substantially reduce the carbon impacts of our products.”
Richard Lézé, CMO Packaging, ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products
“XCarb® brings together all of ArcelorMittal’s reduced, low and zero-carbon steel products,
processes and technologies, innovation projects, initiatives and alliances in one single-minded effort to
make the changes needed to take our business and industry to Net Zero by 2050,” clarifies Richard Lézé, CMO Packaging,
ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products. “Through our partnership with Auxiliar Conservera we can bring high-volume, lower carbon steel packaging one step closer.
Our steel solutions bring the prospect of much greater circularity for the food packaging industry.”
“Supplying steel from Avilés to Auxiliar Conservera’s Spanish operations fits perfectly with our broader sustainability strategy of localising logistics and supply chains where possible,” concludes Daniel Ballesta.