The global packaging industry experienced a 49% drop in company filings mentions of digitalization in Q1 2024 compared with the previous quarter, with the highest share accounted for by Smurfit Kappa Group with 57% year-on-year decrease, according to GlobalData’s analysis of over 363 packaging company filings. GlobalData’s Packaging: Filings Trends & Signals Q1 2024 report delves into earnings call transcripts and quarterly reports within the packaging industry, extracting trends, signals, and comparative data to help businesses assess their performance, identify competitive intelligence, evaluate risks, and gain a comprehensive understanding of key industry events. Buy the report here.
Notably, digitalization was one of the most frequently referenced themes in Q1 2024, ranking highest in terms of mentions, ahead of comfort & uncertainty and esports, according to GlobalData.
Of the top leading companies in the packaging industry, Smurfit Kappa Group had the greatest increase in references for digitalization in Q1 2024, compared with the previous quarter. GlobalData identified 16 digitalization-related sentences in the company's filings - 0.4% of all sentences - and a decrease of 57% in Q1 2024 compared with Q1 2023. Avery Dennison’s mentions of digitalization to 11 and Stora Enso’s by 52% to 10 and Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget’s by 100% to 8 and UPM-Kymmene’s by 40% to 6.
GlobalData’s Company Filings Analytics also applies sentiment weight to reference sentences, based on whether the sentences are positive, negative, or neutral. Starting at 100 in 2020, an index over 100 is more positive. The overall index for digitalization in Q1 2024 was 93.
For further understanding of GlobalData's Packaging: Filings Trends & Signals Q1 2024, buy the report here.
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