Report on the Current Situation Analysis and Development Strategy Research of Aluminum Plate and Strip Industry

1. Plate and sheet: a rolled product with a rectangular cross-section, uniform thickness, and greater than 0.20mm. Usually, the edges are cut or sawed and delivered in a straight shape. The thickness shall not exceed 1/10.

2. Strip: A rolled product with a rectangular cross-section, uniform thickness, and greater than 0.20mm. Usually, the edges are cut longitudinally and delivered in rolls. The thickness shall not exceed 1/10.

According to the research report on the current situation analysis and development strategy of the aluminum plate and strip industry released by Hangzhou Xianlue, aluminum processing materials (hereinafter referred to as aluminum materials) have the advantages of light weight, corrosion resistance, high specific strength, easy processing, and beautiful surface, and are widely used in various industries such as machinery, electrical engineering, aviation, transportation, construction, printing, packaging, etc. Aluminum strip foil is the dominant product in aluminum materials, widely used in various industries such as packaging (such as beverage cans, beer barrels, containers, anti-theft covers, cigarette packaging, daily necessities packaging, pharmaceutical packaging, etc.), power electronics (such as transformers, capacitors, etc.), construction (such as various decorative panels, corrugated panels, embossed panels, etc.), printing (such as PS plate substrates), light industry (such as household appliances, daily aluminum products, etc.), as well as electromechanical, transportation, aerospace and other fields.

The Chinese aluminum plate and strip industry can be summarized as well-equipped, with huge production capacity, numerous enterprises, and insufficient competitiveness. Therefore, China is a major producer of aluminum plates and strips, but it is not yet a strong country. Efforts must also be made to enhance the comprehensive strength of the enterprise.

In 2015, the production of aluminum sheet and strip industry in China was 10.8 million tons, and in 2019 it was 15.6302 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 7.87% compared to 2018.

In recent years, with the sustained high-speed development of China's national economy, there has been a strong demand for aluminum sheet and strip, which has sparked a new wave of construction projects for aluminum sheet and strip processing. There are many projects under construction and planning, and the scale is relatively large. In this situation, it is necessary to conduct in-depth analysis of the production, consumption, and market development trends of aluminum plate and strip at home and abroad, which is beneficial for new or planned aluminum plate and strip processing enterprises as well as existing old enterprises.

At present, the consumption of aluminum plates and strips in China can be roughly divided into three categories: the first category is the aluminum products industry and some small hardware. In addition to requiring good deep drawing performance, price is the main influencing factor. Therefore, this market is mainly occupied by the "Errenzhuan" aluminum casting and rolling mills; The second type is products that require both material properties and surface quality and dimensional accuracy, such as canning materials, architectural coated plates, deep drawn anti-theft covers, medium thick plates, and some non packaging aluminum foil blanks, which cannot be met by casting and rolling; The third category is the competitive market for cold-rolled products such as PS plate aluminum base, air conditioning foil, and packaging aluminum foil blanks, which are hot-rolled and cast rolled. In almost all application fields, the performance of hot-rolled billet products is superior to that of cast rolled billet products. With the continuous modernization of downstream deep processing equipment and the improvement of product quality awareness, more and more users require the use of hot-rolled billet products.

Aluminum sheet is an important basic material for the development of China's national economy, widely used in industries such as aviation, aerospace, construction, printing, transportation, electronics, chemical, food, and medicine. For over half a century, the production of aluminum plates, strips, and foils in China has formed a relatively complete product production system.