What Are the Products of Pharmaceutical Aluminium Foil

With the continuous development of the pharmaceutical industry, pharmaceutical aluminum foil is a very popular in the pharmaceutical industry due to its characteristics of moisture resistance, chemical resistance and excellent chemical stability.

In our daily life, most pharmaceutical packaging is processed from aluminum foil. What are the products of pharmaceutical aluminium foil?

There are currently two types of medicine foils on the market, mainly 8011 and 8021 aluminum foil. The aluminum foil for the pharmaceutical packaging generally has the following kinds: PTP aluminum foil, aluminum blister foil, aluminum-plastic composite material, pharmaceutical bottle caps.

PTP Aluminum Foil: It is also called medicinal plate aluminum foil or capsule aluminum foil, which is mostly made of 8011-H18 or 8011-O aluminum foil. The Thickness is within 0.016-0.04 mm.

Aluminum Blister Foil: It is also called cold-formed medicinal foil. It is mostly made of 8021-O aluminum foil, which is used for high-end and tightly sealed moisture-proof and light-shielding pharmaceutical packaging. The thickness is 0.04-0.065mm.

Aluminum-plastic Aluminum: It refers to to adding a layer of cold-pressed aluminum foil outside the thermoformed plastic blister and PTP aluminum foil, which is the highest-end packaging aluminum foil in pharmaceutical packaging. 8021-O aluminum foil and 8079-O aluminum foil are the two common choices.

Aluminum foil for pharmaceutical bottle caps: It is also called aluminum foil for pharmaceutical cap materials. It is mostly made of 8011-H14 aluminum foil or 8011-H16 aluminum foil. It is widely used in bottled liquids such as oral liquids for medicine, antibiotics, and infusions.

According to the data, 65% of the pharmaceutical packaging level in China has a low contribution to the pharmaceutical industry. Pharmaceutical packaging accounts for 30% of the value of pharmaceuticals in the developed countries while it is only 10% in China.

Aluminum foil for medicine packaging currently accounts for about 25% of pharmaceutical packaging materials, of which aluminum blister foil accounts for only 20% of total pharmaceutical packaging, while it has reached 80 % in the developed countries. It also shows that there is a relatively large potential for the development of pharmaceutical aluminum foil.