The production of tinplate originated in Bavaria in the 14th century, when workers used to tin thin forged iron plates. This technique later spread to Saxony and Bohemia, and by the 17th century, Dresden had become a trading center for tinplate.
In 1720, a hot-dip tin plating factory appeared in South Wales, England, which switched to hot-rolled thin iron plates as substrates. The innovation in substrate metal and production processes established Britain as the world's leading producer of tin plating in the early 19th century. In the subsequent development, mechanized tin plating units emerged, using steel instead of iron as the substrate.
In the 1930s, Germany was the first to use cold-rolled strip steel for electroplating tin on a commercial production scale. Electroplated tin coating is relatively thin, which can save resources and costs. During World War II, the shortage of tin supply promoted the development of tin electroplating technology.
Afterwards, continuous electroplating tin replaced hot-dip tin and was widely adopted worldwide. Due to the advantages of fast deposition speed and stable product quality, high-speed electroplating technology has become increasingly mature in the development of modern tinplate industry, and has developed into a high-speed electroplating technology with multiple plating solution systems.