Recent news in the market reveals that, Thai mill Siam
Tinplate plans to increase
production capacity of
tinplate and tin free steel (TFS) to meet strong demand from local food packaging industry.
Current demand in
Thailand for
tinplate and TFS is around 530'000 tons and expected to reach 600'000 tons in 2005.
Annual
production capacity of Siam is 120'000 tons and with an installation of new plating tank, it is expected to increase to 150'000 in 2005.