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With their excellent properties including high surface glossiness, few pinholes and suitability for multicolor printing, the aluminium foils manufactured by Toyo Aluminium are widely used for a variety of applications including wrapping materials for foods and drugs, cigarette inner foils, decorative applications and daily uses.

Food

Food photo With their combination of excellent practical utility and decorative effects, aluminium foils are used in a variety of business areas today. In particular, the use of aluminium foil for food products is most familiar to consumers and attracts the attention of people in shops and stores. The properties of aluminium foil are utilized in packaging materials designed to retain the aromas and flavors of packaged products (nonpermeability to the air), and in materials for packaging pot dishes and frozen foods (heat conductivity).

ApplicationsApplications

Confectionery Chewing gum, chocolate, cakes, ice cream, sherbet, puddings, jelly, bavarois, sweets, snack foods, candies, Japanese sweets, other sweet stuffs
Dairy products Cheese, butter, margarine, yogurt
Beverages Juices, carbonated beverages, lactic acid beverages, milk, processed milk, soy milk, supplement drinks, beer, sake, whisky, wine, alcohol, health drinks, black tea, coffee, cocoa, barley tea, Japanese tea, fresh cream, coffee creamers, powdered drinks
Instant foods Instant noodles, snack noodles, other instant foods, instant soups, instant miso soup, Japanese clear soup, seasonings (miso, soy sauce, soups, consommè bouillon, spices), frozen foods, granular seasonings, granular seasonings for boiled rice with tea, retort foods
Other Health foods, dried foods, dried laver, other general foods, agricultural processed foods (jams, honey), processed seafood (dried laver, fish boiled in soy sauce, fish paste, food delicacies), prepared foods, ham, bacon, sausages

Medicimes and chemical goods

Medicine and chemical goods photo Among the large number of packaging materials currently available, because aluminium foil is a very hygienic packaging material, it is widely used for packaging drugs and medicines. Aluminium foil is harmless and odorless, and because it is heated to high temperatures in manufacturing processes, even if bacteria and microbes were initially present on aluminium foil, they are eliminated completely.

ApplicationsApplications

Medicines and chemical goods General drugs and medicines, quasi-drugs
Detergents and cosmetics Shampoos, conditioners, soaps, general purpose detergents, tooth pastes, cosmetics, etc.
Other Films, light-sensitive paper, adhesives, photosensitive plates, other chemical products

Electric equipment

Electric equipment photo Aluminium foil is also widely used in the field of electric equipment. Above all the applications in this field, aluminium electrolytic capacitors are commonly used in the electronics field because of characteristics including large capacitance, compact size and low cost. In the future, more and more of these aluminium electrolytic capacitors are expected to be used in electric and hybrid cars.

ApplicationsApplications

Fin materials Fin materials for air conditioners and other products
Capacitors A wide variety of capacitors
Electric cord coverings Materials for electric cord coverings
Other Electronic equipment, batteries, heaters, etc.

Industrial and construction materials

Industrial and construction materials photo In applications for industrial and construction materials, aluminium foil is used as a heat insulating material for fire-resisting and air conditioning construction materials utilizing its heat insulating properties, and for shop decoration and display purposes, as well as for wall coverings utilizing its aesthetic appearance and workability.

ApplicationsApplications

Roofing materials, wall materials, heat insulating materials, materials for fittings such as sliding doors and shutters, reinforcing materials for roofing, ducts, side molding, shades, 2multiple4 construction materials

  

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