Tetra Pak

Protects what's good

Tetra Pak is a world leading food processing and packaging solutions company. For over 70 years, we have innovated to deliver on our purpose to commit to making food safe and available, everywhere and we promise to protect what's good: food, people and the planet. We do this by working closely with our customers, consumers, partners and people all over the world.

Our commitment

We mean to protect food, through our processing, packaging and service activities. This involves protecting people both inside and outside our organisation, as well as protecting the future of our planet, our customers and our company.

We work together with our customers to provide food and beverage processing and packaging solutions that reach all corners of the world. We’re passionate about delivering food of the highest quality and safety to people, wherever and whenever it’s needed.

Tetra Pak was founded by Dr. Ruben Rausing on the idea that a package should save more than it costs. Armed with this mindset today, our ambition is that our commitments, solutions and partnerships help protect our planet by leaving a positive impact on our climate and resources.

We are committed to reduce the environmental footprint of our products and services, and consistently pursue and initiate collective actions that will help create a sustainable tomorrow without compromising food safety or quality.

Our customers

We provide customers from across the food industry with a broad range of dairy products and dairy alternatives, beverages, prepared foods, cheeses, ice creams, wines, spirits and powdered products.

Tetra Pak is uniquely equipped to provide solutions that meet our customers’ entire needs. We provide solutions for processing, packaging and distributing a wide range of food products. We are experts in
minimising raw material and energy consumption during manufacturing and distribution – to maximise operational and environmental performance.

Our solutions

Tetra Pak's portfolio is broad, and includes:

  • Carton packages
  • Processing equipment
  • Packaging equipment
  • Distribution equipment
  • Automation solutions
  • Services​
Tetra Pak facts:  
Net sales 2022 €12.5 billion
Sales in >160 countries
Number of employees December 2021 23,733
Customer Innovation Cetnres 6
Technical Training Centres 8
Research and Development Centres 6
Production plants 521)

1) Production plants: packaging material converting factories 29, closures (caps) factories 4 (stand alone), additional material strips & films 3, additional material straws factories 2 (stand alone), Processing solutions and packaging equipment production facilities 14.

Tetra Pak facts

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Sustainability is at the core of the Tetra Pak agenda and it is shaping the way we do business. For the Food and Beverage industry, sustainability is rapidly moving from a differentiator to an asset to remain business-­relevant. This is not only due to emerging regulations in the area but also to consumer demands that require businesses to react. Together with convenience and premiumisation, these trends are shaping Tetra Pak’s food and beverage categories and are guiding our strategy.

Dairy products

White milk still accounts for the largest proportion of total consumption. Milk continued to grow in 2022 and is expected to increase by 2.3 per cent around the world until 2025 – although except in Europe and North America, which are expected to see declines due to changes in consumption habits.

Natural cheese consumption is forecast to annually increase by 2.0 per cent until 2025 as brands focus on turning pandemic-­induced habits into new routines while leveraging consumer enthusiasm for cooking and nutrition.

Juice and Nectar

Juice and nectar consumption remained stable in 2022 driven by the return of out-of-home consumption and to immunity-boosting positioning. Innovation around sustainability and functional juice drinks is driving new product launches, while processing technology solutions are opening new product segments.

Ice cream

Annual ice cream consumption is forecast to grow by 3.0 per cent between 2022 and 2025. Indulgence, flavour innovation and exciting snack formats are dominating the global ice cream landscape. Environmental concerns are driving supply chain innovation and water reduction.

Plant-based products

Plant-based beverage consumption in recent years has been annually growing at 0.9 per cent, driven by the consumption of rice, nuts, grains and seeds-based beverages. Growth in the plant-based category is expected to accelerate at an annual rate of 2.4 per cent until 2025, including soy-based beverages.

Food

Growth in packaged food categories increased due to the pandemic – particularly in categories such as packaged tomatoes, vegetables and sauces. Due to the rising cost of living consumers continue to cook at home post-pandemic, which drove the category in 2022.

Powder

Growth in dairy powder consumption is being driven by flavoured milk/whey growth. Innovation focuses on nutrition, functional health benefits and sustainability. Perceptions of plant-based foods as being healthier and more ethical are set to shape new product launches.

Other beverages

Packed water maintained its positive trend in 2022 with growth of 4.7 per cent from both plain and flavoured/functional segments. The water category is driven by sustainability and functional claims. Ready-to-drink tea and coffee, sport and energy drinks are also growing, driven mainly by Asia and America.

Technology

Technological collaboration for sustainable solutions

Tetra Pak develops innovation partnerships throughout the value chain – to create value for all partners and develop new long-term business opportunities. This approach differs from traditional customer-supplier relationships where customers specify what they want and suppliers deliver.

“To lead the sustainability transformation, we create and maintain an ecosystem of partnerships where selected partners bring their expertise to co-create and develop the technologies necessary to optimise the sustainability performance of our packaging solutions,” says Carina Ryden Pettersson, Director Materials & Recycling Partnerships. “We have developed this way of working for many years with partners from materials suppliers and customers to end-of-life recyclers.”

This approach has supported the development of non-foil barrier technologies in recent years. In 2022, we completed a 15-month commercial technology validation of a non-foil aseptic packaging system, which includes both a non-foil barrier packaging material and a filling machine equipped with the necessary non-foil sealing technology. In 2023, the industry-first fibre-based barrier packaging solution will be verified for the European market. 

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