Vol. 23 No. 24 An N.V. Publication Market News FLEX Serving The Flexographic Printing Industry For More Than Two Decades ®
November 22, 2021
Label Industry Consolidation Surges
FTA Prepares FORUM 2022
The FTA’s FORUM 2022 will return live and in person with the theme of Corralling Solutions, Creating Results . The four-day technical conference takes place March 13-16 at the Omni FortWorth Hotel in FortWorth,Texas. Agenda FORUM 2022’s agenda includes a look at PQX and how it is being adapted into today’s print score card, a discussion about the root causes of issues with ink and a debate between top anilox roller manufacturers on types of engravings. In addition, ses- sions will explore opportunities for expanding flexographic business offerings, practical solutions for re- al-world production issues, optimiz- ing press operations for better print quality and an evaluation of how CxF files are used throughout the flexog- raphic workflow. FORUM 2022 will be held in con- junction with INFOFLEX 2022, the 40th anniversary of FTA’s annual ex- hibition, taking place March 14-15 at the Fort Worth Convention Center.
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B laige & Company recently released a report that focuses on the la- bel segment of the packaging industry, which is experiencing “an exceptional surge of interest from strategic and institutional investors in 2021.” The label segment continues to be one of the most active compo- nents of packaging M&A transactions in 2021, according to the report. After a below-average deal count of the pandemic-impacted 2020, the
Blaige & Company proprietary research indicates a return to the his- torical average label deal count in 2021 of 45 deals. Representing a nearly 5 percent increase over the pre-pandemic deal count in 2019 and a nearly 10 percent increase over the deal count in 2020, the label M&A activity is evidently thriving. Global transaction multiples are at record levels and expected to re- main strong. Buyers have access to large amounts of inexpensive cash and are prepared to invest in M&A opportunities.While the number of label sector M&A deals did not reach prior record levels, the compet-
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most notable examples include: CCL,Avery Dennison, TC Transcontinental, and Winpak. CCL appears to be one of the most active players, Blaige reported, rap- idly expanding its film converting capabilities, aiming at significant economies of scale through backward integration. TC Transcontinental and Winpak, on the other hand, both historically known as film converters, are avid- ly entering the label market, broadening their mar- ket reach through forward integration. Private-equity funded consolidators are relatively smaller platforms that rely on local and domestic markets. These are la- bel converters that gain scale through add-ons within the label space, without a pronounced taste for verti- cal integration. Examples of such serial acquirers are Multi-Color Corp., Fort Dearborn Company, Resource Label Group, and Fortis Solution Group.
itive significance of the consolidations experienced in 2021 is “unprecedented.” The label converting segment analyzed by Blaige is comprised of hundreds of label converters. The seg- ment is made up of primarily small to mid-sized com- panies, as 85 percent of converters have annual sales of less than $100 million, with 75 percent under $50 million.The speed of consolidation in the label indus- try is gaining momentum in the wake of the post-pan- demic recovery, and has impacted all industry partici- pants.As Blaige reports,72 percent of the top 50 North American label companies from 2001 have been elim- inated or sold over the last 20 years, as opposed to 52 percent 10 years earlier. Label M&A consolidation has been close to the average of all segments in the packaging industry, leaving a tremendous opportuni- ty for future consolidation. Blaige is projecting for the consolidation of the label industry to reach 80 percent by 2025. Blaige & Company has identified two distinct strate- gies in the label segment M&A:one being employed by large, global consolidators, and the other by domestic, private equity backed consolidators. Global consolidators are large cross-border market participants, which are publicly funded and often seeking supply-chain vertical integration. Some of the
Labelexpo Europe Plans April Return To Brussels
With more than 600 exhibitors already confirmed, many of whom are first-time exhibitors, Brussels Expo will spring into life from the 26th to 29th April 26-29. Labelexpo Europe 2022 is set to host an internation- al audience of printers, brand owners and designers owing to a new dedicated VIP Concierge Service.
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CD&R Completes Fort Dearborn, MCC Merger
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Clayton,Dubilier & Rice has completed the previous- ly announced combination of Fort Dearborn Company and Multi-Color Corporation, creating what the firm says is world’s largest prime label supplier by revenue. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With approximately $3 billion of annual revenue, the combined company serves many brands across end categories including Food & Beverage, Home & Personal Care,Wine & Spirits and other specialty end categories. David Scheible, Operating Advisor to CD&R funds and former Chairman and CEO of Graphic Packaging, assumed the chairmanship of the combined company. SGP Expands Sustainability Certification The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP) has released version 4.0 revised criteria of its sus- tainability certification which was first established in 2008.The new criteria which will be effective January 1, 2022, maintain a focus on the three pillars — so- cietal, economic, and environmental — through the development, implementation and documentation of a robust sustainability management system (SMS) and series of best practices. Revised every five years, SGP’s certification criteria establishes certified facilities as leaders in the sustain- able supply chain for print and related supplies, ac- cording to the company. The SGP Board of Directors approved version 4.0 which further streamlines the criteria, as well as includes provisions pushing the cir- cular economy model. With a circular approach, the certification makes SGP facilities one of the strongest parts of a sustain- able supply chain.Criteria focus on validation and doc- umentation of operational metrics help facilities con- tribute to their customers’ sustainability goals. L.comFine Installs Second Nilpeter FA-Line L.comFine, formerly known as Finewebtech, located in Hwa Seong Industrial Zone in the Gyeong-gi prov- ince of South Korea, has installed its second Nilpeter FA-17. L.comFine is now looking to acquire its third Nil- peter FA-Line, with a wider web width, that will allow the company to enter the flexible packaging segment in the near future.The FA-Line is available in 17-inch, 22-inch, and 26-inc web widths.
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APR Launches Chemical Recycling Research Group TheAssociation of Plastic Recyclers (APR) has formed a new working group focused on identifying the key steps needed for chemical recycling processes to play an effective role in the recycling of plastic products. The APR Chemical Recycling Research Working Group, announced to APR members at the APR Annu- al Meeting, has the goal of clarifying the fundamental steps necessary to enable chemical recycling to com- plement traditional recycling technologies and what is needed for chemical recycling to become a successful component of the overall recycling infrastructure. “Chemical recycling was developed more than 50 years ago but has recently received renewed scrutiny as well as increased regulatory action as companies look for ways to increase plastics recycling to achieve their consumer recycling commitments,” stated Steve Alexander,APR President and CEO. Circular Economy The APR Chemical Recycling Research Working Group will be co-chaired by industry veterans CarlWil- liams,Technical Associate at Eastman, and Greg Janson, President and CEO of Granite Peak Plastics. “The APR supports the opportunity to accelerate a
circular economy with plastics and reduce dependen- cy on non-renewable resources through the intersec- tion of mechanical and chemical recycling technol- ogies,” said Williams. “Technology improvement and investment across the entire recycling value chain, including mechanical and chemical recycling, will re- duce plastic waste and provide the most sustainable materials to the industry.” Gamut To Acquire Davis-Standard Gamut Capital Management, L.P., a New York-based middle-market private equity firm, has signed a defin- itive agreement to acquire Davis-Standard, LLC and its affiliates from ONCAP, the middle-market private equi- ty platform of Onex. Davis-Standard is a supplier of extrusion and convert- ing systems and related aftermarket products and ser- vices for the rigid packaging, flexible packaging and infrastructure end-markets with an installed base of approximately $7.5 billion of equipment globally. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction,which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year.
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Pack Print International Postponed To October 2022 Messe Düsseldorf Asia and joint organizers The Thai Packaging Association and The Thai Printing Associa- tion have moved PACK PRINT INTERNATIONAL to the later part of 2022.The trade fair is now scheduled for October 19–22, 2022, at BITEC in Bangkok,Thailand. The decision was made together with partners inThai- land as well as domestic and international exhibitors. Due to the current COVID-19 situation in Thailand with large events still restricted in Bangkok and the varied quarantine requirements for returning interna- tional travelers, the original February 2022 dates made planning very challenging for exhibitors. Bobst Completes Acquisition Of Cerutti Bobst has completed the proceedings relating to Bobst Italia SpA’s final tender offer for the acquisi- tion of the assets of Officine Meccaniche Giovanni Cerutti SpA and Cerutti Packaging Equipment SpA, including the service company 24/7 Cerutti Service S.r.l., (Cerutti). Based in San Giorgio Monferrato, Bobst Italia is BOBST’s worldwide center of excellence for gravure printing, laminating, and coating technologies for the flexible packaging industry. The Cerutti acquisition is in line with BOBST’s strategic goal of further consol- idating its technology and market leadership in the global gravure printing market. Through this acquisition, the Bobst Group adds to its assets the Cerutti brand, the Cerutti intellectual prop- erty rights and all Cerutti intangible assets.Thirty Ce- rutti ex-employees will join Bobst Italia’s personnel at the company site in San Giorgio Monferrato. ProMach Acquires CL&D Graphics ProMach,Cincinnati,Ohio, has acquired CL&D Graph- ics and CL&D Digital,Hartland,Wisconsin, a provider of flexographic and digital web packaging and converting solutions for consumer product companies. CL&D Graphics offers roll-fed film and pressure-sen- sitive labels, shrink sleeves, pouches, lidding, and pre- printed thermoform solutions. CL&D is GMP certified by the American Sanitation Institute to print both food contact packaging and non-food contact packaging and their products have reportedly earned numerous awards and certifications from the Flexible Packaging Association and Great Lakes Graphics Association.
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Study Analyzes Benefits Of Paper Recycling
In 2020, the recovery rate for all paper and pa- per-based packaging used in the United States was 65.7 percent. Corrugated boxes had a recovery rate of 88.8 percent, according to a new report from Two Sides, which collects data from the American Forest and Paper Association and the Census Bureau. According to the most recent government data avail- able(2020), paper and paper packaging is recycled more than any other material in the U.S. solid waste stream, including plastics (8.7 percent), glass (25 per- cent) and metals (34.1 percent).
Canada recycles almost 70 percent of its paper and cardboard, making Canada among the top paper re- cycling countries in the world.The national recovery rate of old corrugated boxes in Canada is estimated at 85 percent. In 2016, paper made up the largest portion of materi- al diverted from Canadian landfills (39 percent of total waste), followed by organic material (28 percent).The least diverted was plastic at 5 percent. Fifty-four percent to 56 percent of North American consumers surveyed believe only recycled paper should be used.7 However, this is not possible because fresh wood fiber from sustainably managed forests is essential to sustain a viable paper industry. Recycled fiber would not exist without harvesting fresh fiber. Overall, a maximum of 67 percent to 73 percent of fi- brous inputs used to make paper products can be sup- plied by waste paper; the rest needs to be virgin fibers. This is because at least 15 percent of paper products are permanently removed from the fiber cycle such as one-time use products (ex: tissues, sanitary products, medical supplies) and books or files that are stored for long periods of time. Every time paper is recycled, the fibers get shorter and weaker. After being recycled 5 to 7 times, the fi-
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Packaging Can Help Restore Earth’s Health by Lars Holmquist Executive Vice-President, Sustainability & Communi- cations,Tetra Pak The world currently wastes one-third of all food pro- duced. The food processing and packaging industry can contribute to the transformation of food systems. Food packaging can adopt many approaches to a more sustainable supply chain. The United Nations’ latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report represents a code red for our global food systems. Stating that the global temperature, which rose 1.1°C between 1850-1900, is expected to reach or exceed 1.5°C Celsius of warm- ing, the report warns of overlapping risks across ener- gy, food and water sectors, creating a disastrous future for global food systems. These rising temperatures will reportedly reduce global yields in maize rice and, potentially, other cereal crops, while adversely affecting feed quality, spread of diseases and water-resource availability for livestock, with every increase of 0.5°C predicted to bring more frequent and intense agricultural droughts. Ironically, our global food systems themselves are par- tially to blame for the current situation, accounting for over a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. With the global population projected to hit 9.7 billion by 2050, demand for food continues to grow, yet the world currently wastes a third of the food it produces due to inefficient production and preservation practices from developing countries’ lack of infrastructure, and devel- oped countries’ unsustainable consumption practices. These gross inefficiencies reveal a toxic and unsus- tainable relationship between our global food systems and the planet, amounting to some $12 trillion in hid- den costs each year, which far exceeds the market val- ue of agricultural commodities. Though food production and environmental con- servation have historically been at odds, only through working together and finding common ground will we enable the global transformation of food systems to best address this dangerous cycle. Global challenges and crises have no borders and require international cooperation and multilateral re- sponses to the food system issues. From farmers to processors to packers to distributors to consumers around the world, we must overhaul the way we ap- proach, produce and consume food to adhere to the “planetary health diet”. These shared approaches are particularly critical as the world transitions to the post-pandemic recovery era.
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The latest figures from data, insights and consult- ing company Kantar’s retail survey show consumers’ shopping behavior is beginning to steady and some habits from the pandemic look set to stay. According to Kantar, take home grocery sales fell by 1.9 percent over the 12 weeks to October 31, 2021.Al- though in decline compared with the same 12 weeks in 2020, sales are still 7.3 percent higher than in 2019. The data found that UK shoppers are still making 40 million fewer trips to supermarkets per month than in 2019, while a fifth of households consistently order their groceries online each month. “Our shopping habits are beginning to settle at a new baseline as we’ve adapted our lifestyles through the pandemic,” said Fraser McKevitt, Head of Retail and Consumer Insight at Kantar. “The general trend towards bigger, less frequent trips to the supermarket seems set to stay.” McKevitt explained that UK households visited the su- permarket 15.7 times in the past month on average.This marks a slight increase from the 15.3 trips suggested by data in 2020.Overall, consumers are making fewer trips to the supermarkets. McKevitt added: “At this rate of change, it would take three years to get back to our old shopping patterns. Online sales have also leveled out. For the second month in a row, digital sales accounted for 12.4 percent of the total grocery market.” Early Preparation The data also showed that people are preparing for Christmas early this year: 4.7 million households bought mince pies in October and 1.6 million bought Christmas puddings. “After a tough 18 months, consumers are gearing up for bigger and better celebrations,”McKevitt explained. “With Christmas ads out earlier than ever and Christ- mas stock on the shelves, we’re keen to prepare early this year so we can dive headfirst into festivities. “Customers are also getting ahead on shopping for the big day itself. Frozen poultry sales are 27 percent higher year on year,with people spending an addition- al £6.1 million in the latest four weeks.” Like-for-like grocery price inflation stands at 2.1 per- cent in the latest four weeks, its highest level since August 2020. In the latest 12 weeks, inflation is 1.5 per- cent.The data suggests that prices are rising fastest in markets such as savory snacks, canned colas and crisps while falling in fresh bacon and vegetables. “As prices increase in certain categories, we can ex- pect shoppers to continue to visit several supermar-
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tainerboard (i.e. corrugated boxes), 12.6 percent to produce boxboard (folding boxes like cereal or med- icine boxes, and gypsum wallboard, i.e. drywall/ fac- ings.), 8 percent for tissue and 5.6 percent for news- print. Exports accounted for 32.2 percent, down from 35.7 percent in 2019.Recycling one ton of paper saves 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space.15 Approximately 80 percent of all U.S. paper mills use some recovered fiber to make everything from pa- per-based packaging to tissue products to office paper and newspaper. Commingled Collection In some places, municipalities are increasingly ask- ing households to combine all recyclable materials into a single collection container, a method called sin- gle stream, single sort or commingled recycling. Com- mingled recycling has contributed to higher recovery rates,making more recovered fiber available, but it has also significantly and adversely affected fiber quality. The trend toward commingled collection has also complicated efforts to increase the use of recovered fiber in grades with high fiber quality requirements. A study of the impact of commingled collection in the UK, for instance, revealed that “…the quality of re- covered paper from commingled systems is very far from the quality obtained with selective systems.” Generally speaking, recovered fiber can only be used to produce new paper of an equal or lower grade. The U.S. paper industry continues to demonstrate recycling leadership, with $4.1 billion in manufactur- ing infrastructure investments announced, planned or made from 2019-2023, to continue the best use of re- cycled fiber. Holmen Iggesund Awarded For Sustainability Leadership The Holmen Iggesund mill, Iggesunds Bruk, has been awarded the EcoVadis Leadership Award for 2021 in recognition of its sustainability performance in 2020. EcoVadis is a global sustainability rating agency that annually performs 25 000 evaluations of companies around the world.The Ecovadis methodology is based on leading CSR standards such as GRI,Global Compact and ISO 26000, and is supervised by an international scientific committee. The Iggesund Mill is recognized as a global leader in sustainability after reaching 77 points out of 100 avail- able in the EcoVadis scoring system. That result gave the mill platinum level as the top 1 percent of all com- panies assessed by Ecovadis at the time of completion.
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To confront this immense challenge, we must think strategically and creatively, looking beyond existing frameworks to reinvent food production processes and employ more sustainable, innovative models. To demonstrate what this might look like in the food processing and packaging industries, here are three solutions focused on more environmentally sustain- able food systems for the future: 1. Adoption of a low-carbon circular economy As a global community, we face the challenge of minimizing the environmental impact of packaging while maximizing food safety and protection. Global food actors must drive innovation on materials and end-of-life solutions through collaborative approach- es, designing processes that reduce or eliminate this carbon footprint. While recycling is an important part of the solution, it is not enough. Ultimately, the only way we will sus- tainably support the food and nutrition demands of our growing population for generations to come is with the adoption of a low-carbon circular economy. Throughout human existence, increasing consump- tion and economic growth has led to depletion of nat- ural resources. The circular economy moves us away from this model to a system where we make use of the resources that are already in the value chain.The low-carbon circular economy goes a step further, also considering the climate impact of raw materials and the manufacturing value chain. Continued innovation in the food packaging and pro- cessing space will go beyond recycling to consider the broader, long-term environmental impact of a product. 2. Ambient, long shelf-life solutions that keep food safe World hunger is on the rise, yet an estimated third of all food produced globally is lost or goes to waste. Not only does wasted food lead to food insecurity, but it is the number one item by volume entering landfills,creat- ing methane gas and driving 8 percent of global warm- ing emissions.To mitigate food waste and combat mal- nutrition in developing countries, packaging solutions that keep food fresh for longer are imperative. Tetra Pak pioneered aseptic processing and packag- ing solutions with this in mind, leveraging the steriliza- tion process to lengthen product shelf life and safely preserve food without the need for preservatives or re- frigeration.Ambient, long shelf-life solutions that keep food safe not only help to reduce carbon footprint, but also reduce food waste and enable food-insecure re- gions to store and access food for longer.
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DuPont Packaging Graphics is the world’s leading supplier of flexographic printing systems in digital and conventional formats; including Cyrel® brand photopolymer plates, Cyrel® FAST processing equipment, Cyrel® round sleeves, mounting and fin - ishing products. For more than 35 years, beginning with Cyrel®, the first photopolymer printing plate, through to to - day’s digital workflow revolution, DuPont has been driving innovation in the Flexo and package printing industries. The Digital Cyrel® FAST imaging system has been broadly recognized for its efficiency, productivity, print performance, and environmental benefits. Flint Group www.flintgrp.com Flint Group Flexographic Products develops, man - ufacturers and markets an extensive portfolio of printing consumables, including: nyloflex ® photopoly - mer printing plates and processing equipment, and dayCorr ® die-cutting blankets and anvil covers. With a strong customer focus, unmatched service and support, and superior products, Flint Group strives to provide exceptional value, consistent quality and continuous innovation to customers around the world. Harper Corporation of America www.harperimage.com We’ve made ceramic anilox rolls longer than any - one in the world and pride ourselves on being the best in the world. Whether wide web, narrow web, newspaper, or corrugated markets, Harper continu - ously strives to bring new flexographic products and services to the printing industry that will improve the quality of your graphics. Flexotecnica’s patented Safe Sleeve Change ® system and Speedy Clean ® auto washup system are designed to give converters a competitive edge through Flexotecnica’s commitment to research and development. Sales, service and support for Flexo - tecnica presses is provided by KBA North America, Inc. in Dallas, Texas with U.S. resident technicians, an extensive spare parts inventory and an experi - enced, dedicated service staff. KBA-Flexotecnica – Get the Edge www.kba-flexotecnica.com/en/
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kets and shop around to find the best deals,”McKevitt said. “Already, households visit an average of 3.3 su- permarkets per month in order to find the best value for money.” Tesco bucked the wider market decline and was the only retailer to achieve year-on-year growth this peri- od with sales rising by 0.3 percent over the 12 weeks to 31 October.Almost three quarters of the population made a trip to Tesco in the past three months, helping the retailer to gain market share for the 10th month in a row and boost its proportion of the market by 0.6 percentage points to 27.6 percent. While Lidl’s sales remained flat compared with last year, the grocer performed ahead of the market to nudge up share by 0.1 percentage points to 6.2 per- cent.Aldi also increased its share of total grocery sales by 0.1 percentage points and it now holds 7.9 percent of the market. Iceland’s market share remained steady at 2.3 per- cent this period. Sainsbury’s,Asda and Morrisons’ mar- ket shares were 15.2 percent, 14.3 percent and 10 per- cent respectively. Co-op’s market share now stands at 6.3 percent andWaitrose’s is 5 percent. Compared with the equivalent period in 2019, all re- tailers boosted their sales in the latest 12 weeks. Oca- do achieved the strongest increase in sales compared with two years ago, growing by 35.7 percent,while its market share stayed flat at 1.7 percent. ProAmpac Acquires Irish Flexible Packaging, Fispak ProAmpac, a producer of flexible packaging and material science, has acquired Irish Flexible Packag- ing and Fispak from their parent company, IFP Invest- ments Limited. Both Irish Flexible Packaging and Fis- pak are Ireland-based manufacturers and distributors of sustainable, flexible packaging serving the dairy, bakery, meat, fish and cheese markets in Ireland and internationally. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The current management teams at Irish Flexible Packaging and Fispak intend to remain in their current roles post-acquisition. Cincinnati, Ohio-based ProAmpac is owned by Pritz- ker Private Capital along with management and oth- er co-investors. ProAmpac has nearly 50 sites globally, with close to 5,800 employees supplying more than 5,000 customers in 90 countries. In 2021, ProAmpac has acquired Ireland-based Euroflex as well as Rapid Action Packaging, IG Industries, Brayford Plastics and Ultimate Packaging in the United Kingdom.
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TLMI Converter Meeting March 20-22, 2022 Albuquerque, NM
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FTA Fall Conference October 11-13, 2022 Covington, KY
TLMI Annual Meeting October 16-19, 2022 Scottsdale, AZ
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3. Boost supply chain transparency and trace- ability Today’s supply chains are stretched and inflexible. Giv- en that the global food systems account for over a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, an increased focus on transparency and traceability will help deliver safe, nutritious and healthy food in a sustainable way,reducing operational risks and increasing supply-chain resilience.
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From sourcing, to manufacturing, to transportation, to consumption, it is only with visibility into every step of the supply chain that companies can improve their over- all sustainability.To give an example, Unilever has been doing some very promising work in this area utilizing geospatial analytics in its sourcing to predict the possibil- ity of issues, such as deforestation, and take action. Tetra Pak is bringing about this transparency in the food packaging and processing industry with its “Connected packages”. Launched in 2019 and currently exceeding 2 billion in number, they are each labeled with a unique digital barcode,effectively turning packages into data car- riers.This digitalization enables end-to-end traceability for producers, greater supply chain transparency for retail- ers, and access to information for consumers. The quickest way to optimize human health and en- vironmental sustainability is through agriculture and food. This new IPCC report puts added pressure on the food industry to meet the UN Sustainable Devel- opment Goals. Here’s hoping it will mobilize its many potential partnerships and innovation to reform and ultimately save our global food systems.
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