Tetra Pak Kunshan was awarded the industry's first "Dairy Technology Innovation Base"

Recently, Tetra Pak Kunshan Integrated Production Service Base won the title of "Dairy Science and Technology Innovation Base" awarded by China Dairy Industry Association, becoming the first scientific and technological innovation institution
in the domestic dairy industry to receive this title.

"Innovation is the first driving force to promote the development of the industry", Liu Meiju, Vice President and Secretary-General of China Dairy Industry Association, introduced the background
of the establishment of the "Dairy Science and Technology Innovation Base" at the award ceremony.
With the economic and social development and the improvement of people's living standards, consumers' demand for liquid dairy products is constantly escalating
.
In June this year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other five departments jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the High-quality Development of Light Industry", which put forward higher requirements
for dairy scientific and technological innovation.
In this context, the China Dairy Industry Association has formulated and issued the group standard
of "Evaluation Requirements for Dairy Science and Technology Innovation Base".
"The "Evaluation Requirements for Dairy Science and Technology Innovation Base" is the first group standard formulated by the China Dairy Association for scientific and technological innovation institutions, and this standard has been quickly responded
by enterprises.
It is believed that under the demonstration of excellent enterprises, more innovative forces can be gathered to jointly promote the development of
the industry.
Liu Meiju said
.

The expert review meeting was led by Song Kungang, Honorary Chairman of the China Committee of the International Dairy Federation and Principle Director of the China Dairy Industry Association, and gathered experts including Ren Fazheng, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor of China Agricultural University, to carefully evaluate
the Tetra Pak Kunshan Integrated Production Service Base.

Tetra Pak said it will use the Dairy Technology Innovation (Kunshan) Base as a platform to help China's dairy industry accelerate innovation
by providing technical and resource support.
Yidong Zhu, President of Tetra Pak Greater China, said that innovation is in Tetra Pak's DNA and an important foothold
for Tetra Pak to do business in China.
Since the beginning of the Green Leaf Training Course in the 90s of the 20th century, Tetra Pak and the China Dairy Association have carried out diversified cooperation
in industry talent training.
The awarding of the first Dairy Innovation Base is another starting point
for Tetra Pak to serve the dairy industry in China.

At the ceremony, the China Dairy Industry Association signed a memorandum of understanding
with Tetra Pak.
Tetra Pak will rely on the base to support the China Dairy Association to carry out dairy technology innovation
.
At the same time, Tetra Pak will actively participate in the industry technology innovation exchange and training activities
organized by the China Dairy Industry Association.

Ren Fazheng conveyed his high hopes for the dairy science and technology innovation base through a video: "Scientific and technological innovation promotes the development of the dairy industry, which requires the government, industry associations, scientific research institutions and enterprises to actively work together and work together
.
It is hoped that Tetra Pak will contribute more to industry innovation in the future
.
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Tetra Pak Kunshan Integrated Manufacturing Service is Tetra Pak's only regional technology innovation centre
worldwide.
It not only integrates Tetra Pak's global resources, but also accumulates a wealth of local practical experience
.
At present, the core R&D strength is mainly concentrated in the product R&D center and technology innovation center
.
With international leading whole-process R&D, production and testing equipment, it can carry out new product prototype research and development, product formula verification, process testing, and product pilot production and other localized customized services
.
The test covers sterilized milk, modulated milk, pasteurized milk, fermented milk, cream, cottage cheese, processed cheese, concentrated milk and dairy foods
.
In 2021, the Tetra Pak Product Development Centre took on dozens of testing assignments across a wide range
of categories, including dairy, yogurt, plant-based proteins, beverages, dietary nutrition and supplements.

Talking about the future development trend of food packaging innovation, Mou Xiaoyan, vice president of corporate communications for Greater China at Tetra Pak, said that China is the world's largest single market, with a large consumer group and a segmented consumption structure, which requires more local innovation
.
Food packaging needs to continue to innovate according to the continuous evolution and change of consumption scenarios of beverages, milk and other foods, such as adapting to young people's breakfast consumption on the go, home snack consumption small packaging, coffee shops and other catering channels large packaging
.
At the same time, consumers and the food industry are increasingly paying attention to sustainable green packaging, such as plant-based lids made from sugarcane extracts by Yili, Mengniu and other enterprises, rather than lids made of petroleum-based plastics; More and more food packaging uses more environmentally friendly primary color packaging materials that remove the bleaching process
.
According to Mou Xiaoyan, Tetra Pak has invested €100 million annually in recent years and the next 5-10 years to further improve the environmental performance of Tetra Pak's packaging portfolio and work with value chain partners to innovate
paper functionality.

China Food News(December 14, 2022, Version 06)

(Responsible editor: Gao Na)