<P> The first audio recordings on phonograph cylinders were made on tin foil . </P> <P> Tin was first replaced by aluminium in 1910, when the first aluminium foil rolling plant, "Dr. Lauber, Neher & Cie ." was opened in Emmishofen, Switzerland . The plant, owned by J.G. Neher & Sons, the aluminium manufacturers, started in 1886 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, at the foot of the Rhine Falls, capturing the falls' energy to process aluminium . Neher's sons, together with Dr. Lauber, discovered the endless rolling process and the use of aluminium foil as a protective barrier in December 1907 . </P> <P> In 1911, Bern - based Tobler began wrapping its chocolate bars in aluminium foil, including the unique triangular chocolate bar, Toblerone . By 1912, aluminium foil was being used by Maggi (today a Nestlé brand) to pack soups and stock cubes . </P> <P> The first use of foil in the United States was in 1913 for wrapping Life Savers, candy bars, and gum . Processes evolved over time to include the use of print, colour, lacquer, laminate and the embossing of the aluminium . </P>

The sides of sheet are folded to make them safe and strong