The development and the market situation of aluminum foil packaging.
Situation of aluminum foil packaging market
After nearly a century of development, has become a major aluminum foil packaging materials, and its market mature in Europe and the United States region, but in the Chinese market, there is a foil wrapper broad prospects. Hereinafter, flexible packaging aluminum foil in the main market analysis .
Aluminum foil packaging development substantially synchronized with the entire industry in the Chinese market, faster development of aluminum foil packaging, mainly for two reasons: first, Chinese flexible packaging market development and the gap between developed significantly, the proportion of small flexible packaging consumer goods and food, developed countries accounted for more than 65%, and some have more than 70 %, while China accounts for about 15% share of the past two years, a rapid increase; second, domestic plastic composite, aluminum foil composite technology continues to mature, lower production costs, to promote the popularization and application of aluminum matrix composites in the Chinese packaging market.
In the 21st century, market competition and product homogeneity trends, stimulated the rapid development of product packaging. In 2002 the scale of the global packaging market has more than 500 billion US dollars.
Foil packaging began in the early 20th century, when the aluminum foil packaging materials as the most expensive, only for high-end packaging. 1911 Swiss confectionery company began to use aluminum foil packaging chocolate, foil and gradually replace the popular 1913 US aluminum basis for success also started on the production of aluminum foil, mainly for high-end goods, life-saving supplies and chewing gum packaging. In 1921 the United States successfully developed aluminum foil paperboard used mainly as decorative panels and advanced packaging folding cartons. 1938 heat sealable aluminum foil paper published. during World War II, as military aluminum foil packaging materials developed rapidly. in 1948, the use of molded aluminum foil packaging food .20 1950s, aluminum foil, plastic composite materials began to develop. By the 1970s, with color printing technology matures, aluminum foil and plastic composite packaging entering a period of rapid spread.
