Aluminum for packaging is one of the uses of aluminum foil. The development of the packaging industry is an important symbol of cultural development and technological progress. Since the 1950s, the rise of composite materials has triggered a revolution in the field of packaging, which has had a certain impact on the application of aluminum foil for packaging. Since aluminum foil has a series of good properties, its application range is very wide, among which the demand for aluminum for packaging is required.

China's food industry is in an important period of vigorous development. The emergence of aluminum for food packaging has greatly improved the level of food processing and accelerated the modernization of people's eating and drinking. In developed countries, food and beverages are mainly made of flexible packaging, while the development of flexible packaging in China is relatively lagging behind. There are two main applications of aluminum foil in video packaging: one is aluminum plastic or aluminum paper composite packaging; the other is aluminum plastic paper multi-layer composite packaging. The demand for Chinese food aluminum foil is about 30,000 tons/year. From the perspective of market development trends, fresh agricultural products and natural foods will become important development markets for aluminum for packaging in China.