Plan bulk supply for importers and distributors with product selection, quantity breaks, mixed-SKU loading, lids, cartons, forecasts, and repeat orders.
Located in Ningbo, one of the world's major harbor cities, Alustar benefits from efficient logistics and convenient access to international shipping routes. This location helps the company support customers across Europe, Japan, America, and other global markets.
Founded
Established in 2007
Core Material
Food-contact aluminum foil
Main Markets
Europe, Japan, America, and global buyers
Custom Work
Special designs and tooling available
Direct B2B procurement
Aluminum Foil Containers Wholesale
Plan bulk supply for importers and distributors with product selection, quantity breaks, mixed-SKU loading, lids, cartons, forecasts, and repeat orders.
Buyer Resources
Aluminum Foil Container Price Guide: What Affects Factory Cost and Export Quotation?
An aluminum foil container price is meaningful only when every supplier quotes the same finished-piece weight, dimensions, alloy or temper, lid, pack count, artwork, Incoterm, and order volume. Compare cost per usable packed unit and landed cost—not a bare price per piece—because a lighter tray, weaker carton, omitted lid, or different freight basis can make the lowest quotation the most expensive program.
A supplier can quote per piece, per thousand, per carton, or per metric ton, and each basis can hide a different assumption. Build one comparison sheet that converts all offers to the same currency, quantity, tray-and-lid combination, carton configuration, and delivery point.
Buyer Resources
Aluminum Foil Container MOQ Guide: What Affects Minimum Order Quantity?
MOQ is not one factory-wide number. A plain tray from an existing mold may start with a production-friendly trial quantity, while a printed retail pack, embossed logo, special coating, dedicated lid, new tool, or low-volume mixed SKU adds a separate material or setup minimum. Break the project into tray, lid, artwork, carton, tooling, and shipment MOQs before negotiating a launch plan.
A quotation may call one number the MOQ even though the constraint comes from printed cartons, purchased lids, coil preparation, press setup, or an efficient export load. Ask for a component-by-component explanation so a flexible tray order is not accidentally tied to a much higher packaging minimum.
Import Guide
How to Import Aluminum Foil Containers from China: MOQ, Samples, Certificates, and Shipping
Importing aluminum foil containers from China should run as a sequence of stop/go approvals: qualify the legal factory and production scope, freeze a measurable tray-and-lid specification, approve production-representative samples, verify market documents, inspect the finished lot, and release shipment only when product, packing and commercial documents agree. Paying against a catalogue photo or generic certificate skips the controls that prevent most import disputes.
Treat sourcing, product approval and logistics as one controlled project. Each milestone needs an owner, dated evidence, open issues and an explicit release decision; a passed factory call does not replace a sample test, and a passed sample does not replace lot inspection.
Size Guide
Aluminum Foil Container Sizes: Capacity, Dimensions, Depth, and Lid Matching Guide
Before requesting a quotation, confirm the food use, target capacity, outer size, inner size, bottom size, height, lid type, alloy, thickness, coating, mold finish, carton quantity, destination market, and sample test requirements. For ready-meal trays, the common solution is not simply changing to 3003: it is usually thicker 8011 material with a food-contact coating, supported by a precise wrinkle-free mold.
Whether you are a food packaging importer, restaurant operator, central kitchen buyer, catering distributor, or private-label packaging team, aluminum foil container size directly affects food appearance, logistics cost, customer complaints, and reorder stability. If the tray is too large, food looks light and can move during delivery. If it is too small, the lid may press into the food, sauce may spill, and the container may deform.
Confirm capacity with real food instead of relying only on nominal milliliters.
Check whether the tray fits the target lid, sealing film, and existing equipment.
Include carton quantity, carton strength, and palletizing method in the quotation brief.
Size Guide
Product Range
Start with real Alustar products, then confirm the application, finished-piece specification, lid and packing as one order.
SF672B 3.5 L Deep Half-Size Foil Pan – Single-Cavity Tooling. Dimensions: outer 325x260 mm, inner 300x235 mm, bottom 260x200 mm, height 65 mm.
MOQ · OEM / ODM · RFQ
Send a quote-ready buying brief
A useful RFQ lets engineering, production, quality and logistics price the same requirement.
Food or application and filled weight
Drawing, sample or target dimensions
Lid, sealing and temperature route
Trial quantity and annual forecast
Logo, artwork, inner pack and carton
Destination market, documents and delivery term
Manufacturing
Custom Aluminum Foil Packaging: OEM and ODM Options for Food Brands
For most buyers, the fastest custom packaging route is to use an existing tray mold, confirm lid fit, then customize carton, label, embossing, or sleeve before considering new tooling.
Aluminum Foil Container Quality Inspection Checklist Before Shipment
A useful pre-shipment inspection starts with the approved sample and order specification, then records the sampling plan, defect limits, nine checklist items, measurements, functional tests, and final pass, hold, or corrective-action decision.
How should buyers compare aluminum foil container prices?
Normalize every quote to the same drawing, finished-piece weight range, lid, packing, quantity, Incoterm and currency. Then compare cost per 1,000 usable sets and landed cost, with deviations and one-time charges shown separately.
Does a thicker foil tray always provide better value?
No. Value depends on the finished structure and failure risk. Compare piece weight and performance with the real food, lid, stack and delivery route; unnecessary material raises cost, while under-specification raises damage and complaints.
Why do aluminum foil container MOQs vary by supplier?
Factories have different mold libraries, presses, setup economics, lid sources, printers, packing lines and scheduling policies. Ask for the minimum by tray, run, lid, artwork and shipment to see the actual constraint.
Can a custom printed carton have a higher MOQ than the tray?
Yes. The tray may use an existing mold while the printer requires a board purchase and economical print run. A plain export carton plus label can be a practical pilot option before committing to full artwork.
Products
Product Range
Start with real Alustar products, then confirm the application, finished-piece specification, lid and packing as one order.
From a food-packaging idea to a validated foil container.
Alustar does more than select a catalogue size. Its team can translate a food portion, load, lid, equipment envelope, packing route, and brand requirement into a structural concept, controlled 2D drawing, 3D forming review, tooling trial, and finished container.
Concept sketch and functional requirement translation
Controlled 2D engineering drawing and revision management
3D forming, draft, rim, reinforcement, and nesting review
Tooling trial, dimensional checks, filled-route validation, and mass-production approval
Workshop & Production
Real production scenes from stamping, inspection, packing, and finished-goods handling.
The workshop uses organized equipment layouts, clear logistics aisles, and hands-on checks to support stable aluminum foil container production and export packing. Buyers can review shapes, rim structures, lid compatibility, packed samples, and display ranges before confirming tooling or bulk orders.
Clean production floor
Packing operation
Packaged samples
Certificates
Compliance & Food Contact
Review the published document scope, date, tested sample and stated result, then confirm which files apply to the actual order.
