<div id="readability-page-1"><div> , /PRNewswire/ -- Adept (www.adeptpackaging.com) today announced that it has been named as a Cool Vendor in the 2025 Gartner® Cool Vendors™ in AI and Data Tools for Packaging EPR Reports. This reflects Adept's excellence in supporting organizations navigate the growing complexity of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation with AdeptEPR AI (www.adepteprai.com), the company's enterprise-grade software platform for managing their EPR programs. <img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2866688/Adept_Group_LLC_Logo.jpg?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="400" height="93" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2866688/Adept_Group_LLC_Logo.jpg"/> As packaging laws expand across the U.S. and Europe, companies facing growing demand for expertise, reporting and eco-modulation. AdeptEPR AI combines regulatory expertise, AI-powered search, and intelligent data governance to help packaging, sustainability, procurement, and supply chain teams quickly interpret evolving requirements by providing instant expertise, report generation, fee forecasting, eco-modulation and overall EPR program management dashboards with automated notifications.&#34;Adept is focused on solving the industry's hardest packaging and sustainability challenges. We have deep expertise in packaging data reporting software, as well as 18 years, a combined 1,600 years of combined expertise in changing packaging to make it more sustainable and having done so for over 300 of the worlds most respected companies and iconic brands. This makes AdeptEPR AI uniquely capable to support reporting alongside making the mandated packaging changes to optimize EPR fees&#34; said Prateek Lal, CEO of Adept Group.&#34;AdeptEPR AI empowers teams who can't wait months to gather or clean data,&#34; said Warren Smith, Product and Technology Lead, Adept Group. &#34;With EPR now a board-level topic, timely and transparent insight and compliance action is essential.&#34;Adept is actively onboarding new customers in consumer goods, food &amp; beverage, retail, healthcare, and industrial markets. Contact Adept to learn more at www.adeptpackaging/contact-usAdept is frequently requested to share our industry leading packaging expertise in media, publications and conferences - inquiry@adeptpackaging.com. Source: Gartner Report, Cool Vendors in AI and Data Tools for Packaging EPR Reports, By John Blake, October 2025.GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark, and COOL VENDORS is a trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates, used herein with permission. All rights reserved. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in our research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. <img width="12" height="12" src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/img/favicon.png/query-c2Q9MjAyNi0wMS0yMiZzbj1QSDY4MjQy?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/img/favicon.png/query-c2Q9MjAyNi0wMS0yMiZzbj1QSDY4MjQy"/> View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/adept-group-recognized-as-a-cool-vendor-in-the-2025-gartner-cool-vendors-in-ai-and-data-tools-for-packaging-epr-reports-302667155.htmlSOURCE Adept Group LLC</div></div>

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Adept Group has been recognized as a Cool Vendor in the 2025 Gartner® Cool Vendors™ in AI and Data Tools for Packaging EPR Reports. This acknowledgment highlights Adept's expertise in aiding organizations with Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation through its AdeptEPR AI platform. The software combines regulatory knowledge, AI-driven search, and data governance to assist teams in managing EPR programs efficiently. Adept is onboarding new clients across various sectors, emphasizing the importance of timely compliance and reporting in the evolving packaging landscape.

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Adept Group Recognized as a Cool Vendor in the 2025 GartnerÂ® Cool Vendorsâ¢ in AI and Data Tools for Packaging EPR Reports

Adept Group Recognized as a Cool Vendor in the 2025 GartnerÂ® Cool Vendorsâ¢ in AI and Data Tools for Packaging EPR Reports

Adept Group Recognized as a Cool Vendor in the 2025 GartnerÂ® Cool Vendorsâ¢ in AI and Data Tools for Packaging EPR Reports