Helping China's dairy industry accelerate innovation, Tetra Pak Kunshan won the title of the first "Dairy Technology Innovation Base"

On December 7, Tetra Pak Kunshan Integrated Production Service Base won the title of "Dairy Science and Technology Innovation Base" awarded by the China Dairy Industry Association, becoming the first scientific and technological innovation institution
in the domestic dairy industry to win this title.

At the awarding ceremony, Song Kungang, Honorary Chairman of the China National Committee of the International Dairy Federation and President of the China Dairy Industry Association, Zhang Xiaodong, Member of the Party Working Committee and Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Kunshan Development Zone, and Ren Fazheng, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Professor of China Agricultural University, respectively congratulated the Dairy Science and Technology Innovation (Kunshan) Base and put forward expectations for the mission of the base to promote industry innovation
.

"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 2022, 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".
Liu Meiju particularly emphasized: "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.
”

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

As the world's leading provider of food processing and packaging solutions, Tetra Pak said it will use the Dairy Technology Innovation (Kunshan) Base as a platform to help accelerate innovation in China 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.
Knowing that the China Dairy Industry Association issued the first evaluation group standard for scientific and technological innovation institutions, Tetra Pak applied
as soon as possible.
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, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor of China Agricultural University, 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 joint efforts of the government, industry associations, scientific research institutions and active enterprises
.
It is hoped that Tetra Pak will contribute more to industry innovation in the future
.
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It is understood that the Tetra Pak Kunshan Integrated Production Service Base is the only regional technology innovation center
in the world.
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.

Speaking about the future development trend of food packaging innovation, Mou Xiaoyan, Vice President of Corporate Communications for Greater China at Tetra Pak, said that Chinese dairy companies have been improving their global rankings and achieving outstanding results in quality and innovation
.
China is the world's largest single market for Tetra Pak, with a large consumer base and a segmented consumption structure, which requires 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 paying more and more attention to sustainable green packaging, such as Yili, Mengniu and other enterprises use plant-based open lids made from sugarcane extract, 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
.
Mou Xiaoyan said that in recent years and in the next 5-10 years, Tetra Pak has invested 100 million euros per year to further improve the environmental performance of Tetra Pak's packaging portfolio and innovate paper functionality with value chain partners
.

Preliminary review: Li Song Responsible editor: Xiao Zhihan Review: Ouyang Meihua