INTERNATIONAL – Packaging and equipment supplier Tetra Pak announced this week that it saw strong growth in all sectors in 2001, with total sales increasing 4.7% over 2000 to 7.6 billion euro.

The number of packages sold in 2001 was 94.1 billion, up 5.7% on the previous year. The company also installed 619 packaging machines in 2001, compared with 554 in 2000. Tetrapak also sold 1,936 processing units in 2001, up from 1,094 in 2000.

In a statement, the company said that research and development continued to be the focus of investment in 2001, with the opening of nine new R&D centres.