Aluminium foil is aluminium prepared in thin metal leaves, with a thickness less than 0.2 millimetres (8 mils), thinner gauges down to 6 µm (0.2 mils) are also commonly used. Standard household foil is typically 0.016 millimetres (0.6 mils) thick and heavy duty household foil is typically 0.024 millimetres (0.9 mils). The foil is pliable, and can be readily bent or wrapped around objects. Pilfer proof caps (P.P. Caps) are popular all over the world which provide not only the above mentioned qualities to the bottle contents, but also a perfect seal which guarantees non-contamination from external environments. This ensures the contents to remain unaffected from atmospheric moisture, gases, dusts and other impurities. Alcoholic liquors, soft drinks, juice, syrups, various hair oils and shampoos etc.
There are around 10 Major Aluminium Foil manufacturers in India with rolling capacity of around 10000 tons per month to cater the total demand of around 12000 tons per month in different field of pharmaceuticals and flexible packaging industries. Global demand for aluminium foil is forecast to expand 8.7% p.a. between 2014 and 2018. Which facilitates the development of new technologies and ensure a high quality product.
Few Indian major players are as under
· India Foils Ltd.
· J P Foil Ltd.
· J S K Inds. Pvt. Ltd.
· Jayakrishna Aluminium Ltd.
· Jindal Aluminium Ltd.
· Kunj Alloys Pvt. Ltd.