The History of Aluminum Foil Packaging

With more then 100 hundred years’ development, the aluminum foil packaging has finally completed its transformation from aristocratic packaging to civilian packaging. In the early 20th century, due to the limitation of aluminum smelting technology, the output of aluminum foil was extremely scarce, and aluminum foil naturally became the most expensive packaging material at that time.

In 1911, a Swiss candy company made a decision: use aluminum foil to to replace the original packaging of chocolate. It was because of this decision that aluminum foil attracted a lot of attentions.

In the following 20 to 30 years, the development of aluminum foil packaging has been relatively stable. During World War II, packaging aluminum foil has got a more rapid development. At that time, with its excellent barrier properties and extensibility, aluminum foil as a military packaging material developed rapidly.

In the 1950s, aluminum paper and aluminum-plastic composite materials began to appear, and the practicality of aluminum foil has been further developed. In the 1970s, the continuous maturity of color printing technology has made the appearance of aluminum foil more attractive.

In the 21st century, the increasingly popular aluminum foil packaging has shown a trend of market competition, which has also stimulated the upgrading of packaging aluminum foil materials to a certain extent. There are rich types of aluminum foil paper widely used in many fields such as household foil, aluminum foil for pharmaceutical foil, food aluminum foil, air conditioner foil, tobacco foil, etc. Welcome to leave message below to inquire the aluminum foil you need.