The name of aluminum composite panels varies, with some referred to as Aluminum Composite Panels (ACP), Aluminum Composite Materials (ACM), and in many European countries, simply as Alucobond, derived from one of the trademark names for aluminum composite panels. While there aren't many companies abroad producing aluminum composite panels, those that do have large-scale operations. Notable examples include Alusuisse in Switzerland, Reynolds Metals Company in the United States, Mitsubishi in Japan, and Daemyung in South Korea. In Taiwan, there's Jixiang, and on the mainland, prominent companies include Jiangxi Yalitai, Huatian Aluminum, Shanghai Huayuan, and Ningbo Aijia Building Materials.
Aluminum composite panels consist of two materials with drastically different properties (metal and non-metal). They retain the main characteristics of the original materials (aluminum metal, non-metallic polyethylene plastic) while overcoming their shortcomings, resulting in numerous excellent material properties such as luxury, colorful decoration, weather resistance, corrosion resistance, impact resistance, fire resistance, moisture resistance, sound insulation, heat insulation, and earthquake resistance. They are lightweight, easy to process into shapes, and easy to transport and install. Therefore, they are widely used in various architectural decorations such as ceilings, column wraps, counters, furniture, telephone booths, elevators, storefronts, billboards, and factory wall materials. They have become representative of metal curtain walls among the three major curtain wall types (natural stone, glass curtain walls, metal curtain walls). In developed countries, aluminum composite panels are also used in the manufacture of buses, train carriages, sound insulation materials for airplanes and ships, and design instrument cases.