Our business model
Our unique technology and outstanding innovation capability enable us to provide our customers with end-to-end solutions for differentiated products, including our newly expanded packaging substrates. Together with our smarter factories and connected packs, we aim all to address the ever-changing needs of consumers.
Inputs
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People
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~9,000
employees of
> 80 nationalities - 141,368 hours of training1
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A focus on diversity, equity and inclusion
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~9,000
employees of
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Environment
- 100 % of paperboard purchased has FSC™ certification
- 100 % renewable electricity for aseptic carton production
- 100 % of aluminium for aseptic cartons purchased with ASI certification2
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Financial
- € 1,668 m property, plant & equipment
- € 36 m net filler capital expenditure
- € 60 m investment in R&D
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Operations
- 27 production plants
- 6 equipment assembly plants
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1,359
aseptic carton filling
machines in the field
The SIG Difference
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Our unique sleeve-based filling technology offers our customers unmatched volume and format flexibility, enabling them to meet the rapidly changing demands of consumers.The breadth of our filling capabilities is complemented by consumer-centric innovation and a focus on sustainability. Our superior system reliability, supported by over 600 service engineers worldwide, ensures that our customers are part of a safe and efficient supply chain. Our new packaging formats and substrates broaden our ability to offer the most flexible and sustainable packaging solutions for liquid food and beverages. We intend to combine our engineering expertise to increase output of aseptic bag-in-box and spouted pouches and to expand the use of recyclable mono-materials.
PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY, KNOW-HOW AND INNOVATION
Our unique sleeve-based filling technology offers our customers unmatched volume and format flexibility, enabling them to meet the rapidly changing demands of consumers.The breadth of our filling capabilities is complemented by consumer-centric innovation and a focus on sustainability. Our superior system reliability, supported by over 600 service engineers worldwide, ensures that our customers are part of a safe and efficient supply chain. Our new packaging formats and substrates broaden our ability to offer the most flexible and sustainable packaging solutions for liquid food and beverages. We intend to combine our engineering expertise to increase output of aseptic bag-in-box and spouted pouches and to expand the use of recyclable mono-materials.
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Originally a European business, SIG has steadily expanded its presence in Asia Pacific, the Americas and the Middle East and Africa. This expansion has contributed to the resilience of the business by diversifying the drivers of growth. With the acquisitions of Evergreen Asia and Scholle IPN, we have further increased our presence in Asia Pacific and in the Americas. We have also created new opportunities for growth in emerging markets. We operate production facilities in each of our regions. With our globally integrated footprint and supply chain, we are able to support customers locally and to meet their needs quickly and efficiently.
BROAD GEOGRAPHIC BASE
Originally a European business, SIG has steadily expanded its presence in Asia Pacific, the Americas and the Middle East and Africa. This expansion has contributed to the resilience of the business by diversifying the drivers of growth. With the acquisitions of Evergreen Asia and Scholle IPN, we have further increased our presence in Asia Pacific and in the Americas. We have also created new opportunities for growth in emerging markets. We operate production facilities in each of our regions. With our globally integrated footprint and supply chain, we are able to support customers locally and to meet their needs quickly and efficiently.
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Our systems and solutions-based approach underpins our customer partnership model. Our aseptic filling and packaging technology is at the heart of our customers’ operations and the co-development of fitment solutions and unique connectors for bag-in-box supports long-term customer relationships. We work in close collaboration with our customers to develop innovative product and packaging solutions that meet consumer demand for differentiation, convenience and sustainability. We enable customers to increase their efficiency with solutions for intelligent, automated and fully integrated plants.
PARTNERSHIPS WITH CUSTOMERS
Our systems and solutions-based approach underpins our customer partnership model. Our aseptic filling and packaging technology is at the heart of our customers’ operations and the co-development of fitment solutions and unique connectors for bag-in-box supports long-term customer relationships. We work in close collaboration with our customers to develop innovative product and packaging solutions that meet consumer demand for differentiation, convenience and sustainability. We enable customers to increase their efficiency with solutions for intelligent, automated and fully integrated plants.
Outputs
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People
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23 %
women in
leadership positions - 0.35 lost-time case rate3
- 6.6 % voluntary turnover rate1
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23 %
women in
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Environment
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All aseptic cartons designed to be fully recyclable
- 12.1 bn litres of nutritious4 food and drinks delivered by our customers in SIG aseptic and chilled cartons
- 25 % lower carbon footprint for SIG NEO filing machines
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Financial
- 8.0 % organic revenue growth3 at constant currency
- 27.3 % ROCE
- € 263 m free cash flow
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Operations
- ~49 bn packs produced in 2022
- up to 1,300 L per pack
- >10,000 different products filled
1 Excludes Scholle IPN.
2 From January 2023.
3 Excludes Scholle IPN and Evergreen Asia.
4 Defined by the independent Health Star Rating System as food and drinks that contribute to a balanced diet and lead to better health.