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Description

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Specifications

Item	Specification
Material / Alloy	1100 / 3003 / 8011 / 1235 (customizable)
Temper	O (Soft), H14 / H18 (depending on alloy)
Thickness (mm)	0.02 – 0.5
Width (mm)	100 – 1500 (custom widths available)
Length (mm)	500 – 6000 (custom lengths available)
Surface Finish	Mill finish, Brushed, Anodized, Color-coated, Laminated
Standards	ASTM / EN / GB / Customized

Food Packaging: Focus on Safety and Fresh-Keeping, Covering All Food Categories

Food packaging is the most extensive application field of aluminum sheets, centered on the demands of fresh-keeping, sealing, non-toxicity and storage resistance. From fresh food and cooked food to leisure food and high-end gifts, aluminum sheets can adapt to the storage and transportation requirements of different foods, and are a standard material for high-end food packaging.

• High-end metal cans and lids: For the bodies and lids of easy-open cans, metal food cans (for nuts, meat, canned food), milk powder can lids and sealing lids for sauce bottles, 0.1-0.3mm 1060/8011 pure aluminum sheets are used, formed by stamping and stretching. They achieve vacuum-level sealing, isolating air, moisture and microorganisms, and extending the shelf life of food by 3 to 5 times. In addition, metal cans are shatter and extrusion resistant, suitable for long-distance transportation. High-end gift cans (such as those for tea, mooncakes and chocolate) can also undergo wire drawing, frosting and color spraying on aluminum sheets to enhance packaging texture.
• Aluminum foil composite packaging substrates: The aluminum foil layer of instant noodle seasoning bags, vacuum food bags, fresh-keeping bags for fresh produce and milk tea cup lids uses 0.01-0.05mm 8011 ultra-thin aluminum sheets (aluminum foil). When compounded with plastics and paper, the composite material combines the oxygen resistance of aluminum sheets with the flexibility of composite substrates, being light and portable, and can effectively prevent food oxidation and moisture absorption, suitable for the packaging needs of instant and portable food.
• Disposable food packaging: Aviation lunch boxes, high-end takeaway aluminum foil boxes and baking aluminum foil trays adopt 0.05-0.1mm 1060 pure aluminum sheets, which are non-toxic, odorless and high temperature resistant (can be directly heated in ovens and microwaves), and recyclable after use. They replace disposable plastic lunch boxes, conforming to the trend of environmentally friendly packaging. Meanwhile, metal lunch boxes have good heat insulation performance, suitable for the packaging needs of high-end catering.

Pharmaceutical Packaging: Aseptic Sealing as the Key to Ensuring Drug Storage Safety

Pharmaceutical packaging has stringent requirements for material sterility, sealing performance, anti-pollution and temperature resistance. Relying on the advantages of no chemical volatilization, no reaction with drugs and high temperature sterilization resistance, aluminum sheets have become a core material for pharmaceutical packaging, accounting for more than 40% of high-end pharmaceutical packaging materials, and are the key to ensuring drug quality and storage safety.

• Pharmaceutical blister packaging: The aluminum foil layer of aluminum-plastic blister packaging for capsules, tablets and dropping pills uses 0.02-0.05mm 8011/1060 high-purity aluminum sheets with anti-corrosion coating on the surface. It has excellent sealing performance, isolating air, moisture and light to prevent drug deliquescence and oxidation, and can be matched with pharmaceutical production lines for automatic packaging, suitable for large-scale drug production. Blister aluminum sheets can also be made easy to tear for the convenience of patients.
• Injection and reagent packaging: The sealing aluminum film of medical injection vials and vaccine vials, as well as the sealing aluminum gaskets of reagent bottles, use 0.01-0.03mm ultra-thin pure aluminum sheets, which are sterile and impurity-free, and can be sterilized at high temperatures (above 121℃). They can effectively prevent contamination of injections and vaccines, ensuring the safe use of pharmaceutical products, and are essential materials for biopharmaceutical and vaccine packaging.
• Pharmaceutical outer packaging and protective boxes: High-end pharmaceutical products and health products use 0.5-2mm 1060/3003 aluminum sheets for their metal outer packaging boxes and protective boxes for the transportation of medical reagents. Formed by bending and stamping, they have a sturdy structure and are impact resistant, providing protection for drug transportation. At the same time, metal packaging can be processed with laser engraving and screen printing to print drug information that is not easy to fall off, meeting the normative requirements of pharmaceutical packaging.

Daily Chemical Packaging: Balancing Texture and Protection to Create a High-End Brand Image

Daily chemical products (cosmetics, perfume, skin care products, hair care products) have high requirements for the appearance, texture and protection of packaging. Relying on the advantages of a fine metallic texture, easy sophisticated processing and resistance to mild corrosion, aluminum sheets have become a preferred choice for high-end daily chemical packaging, replacing traditional plastic and glass packaging. They not only enhance the high-end tone of products but also provide protection for daily chemical products.

• High-end cosmetics and perfume packaging: Lipstick tube casings, perfume caps, liquid foundation bottle bodies and metal casings of eye shadow palettes use 0.3-1mm 1060 pure aluminum sheets. Processed with anodization, wire drawing, sandblasting and color electroplating (gold, silver, rose gold, etc.), they have a delicate metallic texture and an attractive appearance, as well as a sturdy structure that is not easy to scratch. They can greatly enhance the brand grade of daily chemical products and are core materials for luxury beauty packaging.
• Skin care and hair care product packaging: High-end cream jars, sealing caps of essence bottles and metal pump heads of hair care products use 0.2-0.5mm 3003 rust-proof aluminum sheets, which are resistant to mild acid and alkali corrosion and do not react with the chemical components in skin care and hair care products. At the same time, they have good sealing performance, which can prevent product volatilization and deterioration, and extend the service life.
• Large daily chemical packaging and transportation packaging: 1-3mm 1060/5052 aluminum sheets are used for the bulk transportation protective boxes of high-end daily chemical products and the inner linings of raw material storage tanks for skin care products. They have a sturdy structure and are impact resistant, providing protection for the transportation of daily chemical products and the storage of raw materials, and are corrosion resistant, adapting to the storage environment of daily chemical raw materials.

Industrial Packaging: Focus on Protection and Durability for the Transportation of Precision Products

Industrial packaging focuses on the demands of protection, impact resistance and corrosion resistance, and is mainly used for the packaging and transportation of precision instruments, hardware accessories, electronic components, chemical raw materials and other products. Relying on the advantages of high strength, wear resistance and rust resistance, aluminum sheets replace traditional iron sheet and wooden packaging, not only improving the protection effect but also being recyclable to reduce industrial packaging costs.

• Precision instrument and electronic component packaging: 0.5-3mm 1060/3003 aluminum sheets are used for the packaging aluminum boxes and protective aluminum sheets of precision machine tool parts, chips, sensors and aerospace small parts. They have a sturdy structure and are impact resistant, and aluminum sheets are non-magnetic and do not generate static electricity, which will not cause electromagnetic interference to electronic components and precision instruments, ensuring product accuracy. The packaging aluminum boxes can also be processed with shockproof inner linings to improve the transportation protection effect.
• Hardware and mechanical accessory packaging: 1-5mm 3003/5052 aluminum sheets are used for the metal packaging baskets and protective aluminum boxes of screws, nuts and small mechanical accessories. They are rust and corrosion resistant, which can prevent hardware accessories from rusting and oxidizing during transportation and storage, and the metal packaging baskets are sturdy and durable, and can be reused to reduce the cost of packaging consumables.
• Small chemical raw material packaging: 2-5mm 3003/5052 rust-proof aluminum sheets are used for the packaging aluminum cans and sealed aluminum barrels of a small amount of corrosive chemical raw materials and chemical reagents. They are resistant to acid and alkali corrosion and do not react with chemical raw materials, and have good sealing performance, which can prevent the leakage and volatilization of chemical reagents and ensure transportation safety.

Gift and Cultural and Creative Packaging: Focus on Appearance and Texture to Create Personalized Packaging

With the development of the cultural and creative industry and the high-end gift market, relying on the advantages of easy sophisticated processing, a fine metallic texture and customizable personalization, aluminum sheets have become an emerging material for gift and cultural and creative packaging, replacing traditional paper and wooden packaging to create a unique packaging visual effect, aligning with the demand for personalization, high-end and collectibility in modern gift packaging.

• High-end gift packaging: 0.5-2mm 1060 pure aluminum sheets are used for the metal packaging boxes and gift handles of white wine, red wine, tea and cultural and creative products. Processed with laser engraving, embossing, screen printing and color spraying, they can be customized with brand LOGOs and cultural and creative patterns, with a high-end metallic texture. In addition, the packaging boxes have a sturdy structure, combining practicality and collectibility.
• Cultural and creative peripheral packaging: 0.3-0.8mm 1060 aluminum sheets are used for the packaging aluminum boxes of cultural and creative badges, bookmarks and ornaments. They are small in size and attractive in appearance, and can be customized according to the style of cultural and creative products to enhance the overall tone of cultural and creative products.

Core Characteristics and Development Trends of Aluminum Sheet Applications in the Packaging Industry

Core Application Characteristics

• Mainly pure aluminum materials: More than 90% of aluminum sheets for packaging are 1060/1100/8011 high-purity aluminum, which balance formability, non-toxicity and cost. Only a small amount of 3003/5052 low-alloy aluminum sheets are used for industrial packaging and wet product packaging.
• Thin thickness for formability: The mainstream thickness is concentrated at 0.01-2mm. Ultra-thin aluminum sheets (aluminum foil) are mainly used for composite packaging and seals, while conventional thin sheets are mainly used for metal cans and packaging boxes, meeting the stamping, stretching and bending requirements of different packaging.
• Stringent food and pharmaceutical grade requirements: Must pass food contact safety certification, with no surface coating or food-grade environmentally friendly coating, zero impurities and odorlessness, and can be sterilized at high temperatures.
• Easy compounding with other materials: Aluminum sheets can be compounded with paper, plastic, non-woven fabric and other materials to form “aluminum + substrate” composite packaging materials, which combine the functional advantages of aluminum sheets with the flexibility of substrates to expand application scenarios.

Industry Development Trends

• Green upgrading: Aluminum sheets with no coating or degradable coating have become the mainstream, and the 100% recyclable characteristic of aluminum sheets has been fully explored, aligning with the environmental protection requirements of the packaging industry under the background of “carbon peaking and carbon neutrality”, and gradually replacing non-degradable plastic packaging.
• Functional compounding: Develop composite aluminum sheets integrating sealing, oxygen resistance, easy tearing and anti-counterfeiting functions, such as easy-to-tear pharmaceutical blister aluminum sheets and food can aluminum sheets with anti-counterfeiting marks, to improve the functionality and convenience of packaging.
• Sophisticated processing and personalization: The surface treatment of aluminum sheets is upgraded to high precision and personalization, and processes such as laser engraving, embossing and gradient color spraying are widely used to meet the aesthetic and customized needs of brand packaging.
• Lightweight and miniaturization: For portable food and mini daily chemical products, develop thinner ultra-thin aluminum sheets (below 0.008mm) to achieve lightweight and miniaturized packaging, adapting to the trend of portable consumption.
• Intelligent adaptation: Aluminum sheets for packaging are upgraded to adapt to automatic production lines, improving the dimensional accuracy and surface flatness of the sheets, and matching with automatic packaging equipment to achieve high-speed and accurate packaging, improving the efficiency of packaging production.