自20世纪80年代中期以来，二氧化硅涂层薄膜在日本首次使用热蒸发技术商业化以来，一直是软包装行业讨论的话题。自20世纪90年代初以来，三家公司一直致力于在包装膜上完全商业化等离子沉积二氧化硅涂层。

Silica coated films have been a topic of discussion in the flexible packaging industry since the mid 1980s after they were first commercialized in Japan using thermal evaporation techniques. Since the early 1990s, three firms have been working to fully commercialize plasma deposited silica coatings on packaging films.