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Collaborative approach delivers Bag-in-Box for LAHQUA premium spring water

LAHQUA® spring water is offered mainly on Asian and Middle East markets through e-commerce channels. As this premium water is transported over a long distance, it needs high-quality packaging to keep the water fresh. DS Smith offered a Bag-in-Box format, the safest single-use packaging solution.

25 Oct 21

Worldwide distributor of sealants invests in a reusable packaging produced from recycled tubes of seal and glue

Den Braven, a world-famous producer of sealants and glue and DS Smith Plastics co-designed one universal state-of-the-art briefcase to be used both for retail and E-commerce. DS Smith Plastics has the technique to produce packaging made from post-consumer plastic waste but Den Braven wanted to take this a step further and challenged the R&D department in Bilzen to produce the packaging of recycled empty tubes of seal and glue.

17 Apr 19

UK catering company Posh Nosh chooses expanded Polypropylene boxes to transport food

DS Smith Plastics, Foam Products worked with Posh Nosh Catering to strengthen their professional delivery image by supplying durable catering boxes which complimented their brand. The EPP foam boxes were selected for their excellent insulation properties that would keep catered food fresh during hours of transportation and also at the event itself.

30 Jan 19

Northampton Growers switch to Greencoat

Northampton Growers is one of the most respected produce companies in the United States, packing quality produce for distribution to grocery retailers, wholesale and terminal markets. With a goal of providing high-quality product in fresh condition to their customers, packaging that performs plays a key role in their success. From happy customers to cost savings, Northampton Growers has realized numerous benefits from their switch to Greencoat.

05 Sep 18

Tuoreboxi delivers sustainability, automation and better branding for Ab Chipsters Food Oy

Ab Chipsters Food Oy has a long history as a major player in Finnish fish processing. DS Smith's Tuoreboxi (Fresh Box) concept is a watertight, fibre-based, and recyclable packaging concept, which was successful in the New Wood 2017 competition in Finland, and a perfect fit for the Chipsters challenge replacing plastic-based solutions such as EPS boxes. The concept takes into account the whole packaging process, helps the company to achieve cost savings and improves environmental performance facilitating the company's everyday life.

18 Sep 17

DS Smith and abCrémation launch new cardboard coffins

DS Smith first started producing cardboard coffins more than 20 years ago. Now, after eight years of research and development with abCrémation from Gard, France, a new model is available, meeting stringent new requirements for coffins used in cremation.

13 Apr 16

Packaging that protects Movistar’s electronics and simplifies logistics

Products in the electronics industry evolve at breakneck speed and this can cause headaches throughout the supply cycle. But what if the packaging could evolve at the same speed and smooth out the supply cycle bumps?

02 Apr 16

K-Market Puhakka finds boxes better for business

K-Market Puhakka is a grocery store in Turku, Finland. Their online shop is open 24 hours a day and they make daily deliveries of groceries and consumer goods to their domestic and corporate customers.

24 Mar 16

Putting a cork on costs for the wine industry

About half of the world’s wine corks are produced in Portugal amounting to an astonishing 100,000 tons annually. Transportation efficiency is paramount with so many corks produced for worldwide.

18 Mar 16

RRP to help Laughing Dog be leader of the pack

Fold Hill Foods approached DS Smith’s packaging strategists to provide retail ready packaging (RRP) for its popular pet food brand and enhance impact for the slow-baked and naturally wholesome world of Laughing Dog.

10 Dec 15

Another nail in the coffin for Automotive industry's wooden boxes

We are helping the automotive industry make significant savings in all areas of the supply chain with our innovative approach to packaging.

09 Dec 15

Better Shelter saves money and improves logistics in a sustainable way!

Better Shelter is a social enterprise that develops and provides innovative housing solutions for the many people displaced by conflict and natural disasters. Through a groundbreaking collaboration with the UNHCR and the IKEA Foundation, Better Shelter started to develop ideas and designs for new shelter solutions.

01 Dec 15

Raise a glass to toast to best in class Cognac and Packaging!

With over 150 years of excellence Hardy Cognac has a history to celebrate and just the right product for celebration. But you cannot enjoy Cognac without just the right glass, so when Cognac Hardy approached DS Smith to create a unique packaging that included both a bottle and a glass we relished the opportunity.

26 Nov 15

Eurial Restauration swaps plastic for cardboard

Eurial Restauration put plastic packaging in deep freeze in favour of better performing and more environmentally responsible cardboard.

24 Nov 15

Conveying brand values and sparkling sales to discerning customers through packaging

When your product is of such a high standard that it has earned a warrant to supply the UK’s Queen Elizabeth II it can be a challenge to find packaging that does it justice. Fortunately Moët & Chandon approached DS Smith for the packaging of their Moët Gift 3.0 packaging.

18 Nov 15

DS Smith drives increased sales for Royal Unibrew with enormous corrugated cardboard truck

At DS Smith we take pride in understanding the various sectors in which our customers operate. For example, the summer season is crucial for brewers, so in the spring our Danish sales team came up with an idea to help Royal Unibrew sell more beer at this key point in the year. Royal Unibrew loved the idea and the resulting displays drove sales in BILKA stores from mid-June.

06 Nov 15

Innovation and mother nature paired in unique Veuve Clicquot packaging

Veuve Clicquot has a reputation both as a world-class champagne producer but also for caring about the environment. That reputation is even more well-deserved after the latest ground-breaking collaboration with DS Smith.

04 Nov 15

One packaging solution for two industrial sectors

Different materials and products are shipped in different ways and need different levels of protection. For example, large aluminium sections can be shipped loose while LED strips require vital shock protection to survive their journey.

03 Nov 15

Better advertising with EasyAd boosts sales

In a competitive media landscape it is difficult to stand out from the crowd. EasyAd, a system of wall-mounted or freestanding weather resistant boards popular in the food retail market, allows you to do just that.

27 Oct 15

DS Smith develops slew of changes to save weight, space and costs for Schweitzer’s secondary packaging

A new checkout concept, centring devices, R- flute® and specific mechanisation systems allowed DS Smith to create an innovative global solution.

27 Oct 15

Eliminate waste from packaging

Schneider Electric tapped into our expertise, knowledge, and creative ideas. As packaging strategists, we’ve helped them, help their customers reduce waste.

23 Oct 15

E-bike logistics riding in top gear

Riese & Müller make exceptional e-bikes and need quality packaging to get their products safely and securely to market. Below is a condensed version of a recent article in VerpackungsRundschau about how DS Smith looked at their entire supply cycle to develop an entirely new packaging that’s better for protection, and better for customers.

19 Oct 15

DS Smith displays help perk up KRÜGER coffee sales

A little time to unwind with a good cup of coffee, tea, or cocoa is a real joy for people. KRÜGER, the European market leader in the area of instant products, wanted to use this insight for their in-store displays.

19 Oct 15

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DS Smith opens industry-leading box manufacturing plant to fulfill consumer demand for more sustainable boxes

In a single day, DS Smith’s new state-of-the art box manufacturing plant is able to produce more than 17 million square feet of lightweight recyclable packaging. The opening of the corrugated plant heralds the company’s latest technology, keeping pace with increasing demands by consumers and retailers for fully recyclable boxes and “fit-to-product” packaging.

24 Jan 20

New award for DS Smith Displays Portugal!

DS Smith's factory in Portugal, specialised in displays for point of sales, has received a PAPIES 2019 award. The award-winning equipment, in the category of displays for point of sales, was a cardboard island, consisting of a modular structure, integrating real ropes as a true stand- out feature. This eye catching and attractive solution, structurally developed for Unilever FIMA, provided great prominence to the Tresemmé brand.

17 Jun 19

DS Smith's customisable and reusable AkyPak makes material handling and distribution easier

To create the ‘perfect reusable packaging’ most solutions may need to be customized to deal with the unique demands of a product and meet customer requirements. DS Smith Plastics, Extruded Products offer customisable and reusable packaging under their AkyPak® brand of bulk-containers, sleeves, boxes and storage bins.

14 Feb 19

DS Smith awarded first PS9000 Pharmaceutical accreditation

DS Smith Neath, located in South Wales, UK, has been awarded the PS 9000 pharmaceutical accreditation. The accreditation validates the Neath site to produce printed cartons for the pharmaceutical sector. The implementation of this accreditation will now enable the site to offer its extensive range of packaging solutions to the pharmaceutical sector.

03 Oct 18

DS Smith Plastics launches a new product line of extruded Polypropylene packaging dedicated to pharmaceutical applications

DS Smith Plastics, Extruded Products France announced the launch of AkyPure − a new line of extruded polypropylene packaging for the pharmaceutical industry. AkyPure has been developed in collaboration with key players in the industry. The new product line consists of hygienic, fiber-free and moist-resistant packaging solutions manufactured in compliance with International Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) that ensures products are consistently produced and controlled according to established quality standards.

19 Sep 18

DS Smith announces location for world’s first wide-web digital PrePrint Press

DS Smith today announced the world’s first ever wide-web Digital PrePrint Press will be heading to its Featherstone site in West Yorkshire, in spring 2016.

07 Dec 15

Proposed acquisition of Milas Packaging in Turkey

DS Smith Plc (“DS Smith”), the leading provider of recycled corrugated packaging in Europe, is pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement to acquire the Milas packaging business (“Milas”) of DasaMilas Ambalaj.

03 Dec 15

DS Smith helps build the world’s first full-size origami inspired car

DS Smith, in partnership with Scales and Models, has helped to make a life-size cardboard replica of the new IS Lexus saloon.

05 Oct 15

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DS Smith develops innovative seasonal presentation for Carl Pabst

With a very special display, the long-established company Carl Pabst Samen und Saaten calls attention to its broad range of quality seeding goods in food retail stores. The smart construction by DS Smith saves Carl Pabst material, time and costs for assembly and transport.

07 May 19

DS Smith launches SalesFront, bringing products closer to the shopper

After three years of testing and development, DS Smith has launched an innovative new packaging system that continually pushes products to the front of the shelf and avoids the need for on-shelf apparatus.

03 Dec 18

DS Smith launches SalesFront, bringing products closer to the shopper

03 Dec 18

Former Amazon packaging chief to head up e-commerce sector at DS Smith

DS Smith has appointed Isabel Rocher, former head of EU packaging and shipping supplies at Amazon, to lead its new specialist e-commerce team.

29 Nov 16

The World in 2025 – Everything is an experience

Here at DS Smith we are currently #rehearsingthefuture - a process where we’ve created possible scenarios for the future (NOT predictions) to help us debate and shape the trends and issues that we think will have an impact on us, our industry and society as a whole in the decade to come.

29 Nov 16

DrankDozijn.nl gives sturdy packaging a second life

DrankDozijn.nl (A Dozen Bottles) is a digital liquor store based in the Netherlands for the true connoisseur of spirits. E-Commerce specialist Kees Kraakman of DrankDozijn.nl explains: "We offer an extensive range of whiskeys, wine, gin and rum. At the lowest possible price and with the best service."

11 Apr 16

Norwegian Prime Minister discovers Drypack– unique packaging driving Norway’s seafood boom

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg was at Oslo’s Gardemoen Airport recently admiring King Crabs nestled in DS Smith's award-winning Drypack packaging prior to their export overseas.

06 Apr 16

DS Smith at the 2016 Career and Education Fair

The Career and Education Fair (Bildungsmesse) was held in Fulda on February 28 & 29, 2016 in the congress hotel Esperanto. The fair attracted around 12,500 visitors on both days. It was an excellent platform for DS Smith to present itself as an attractive regional employer and vocational training company as well as for young professionals to showcase their talents to potential employers.

02 Apr 16

Tracking-Pack: Peace of mind by tracking your packaging

You spent millions of euro and years developing your product, refining the marketing, developing relationships with logistics firms, distributors and retailers – after all that investment doesn’t it make sense to ensure you know where your product is at all times?

18 Mar 16

DS Smith is on Instagram!

We make and do some amazing things here at DS Smith. We also have some pretty amazing people. So we recently created a DS Smith account on Instagram so that we can share a bit more about what we do in the office, and what we get up to when we’re not pursuing our passion of packaging.

10 Mar 16

DS Smith donates proceeds from tombola to Kleine Helden

Once again, a tombola for a good cause has taken place at the DS Smith site in Fulda. There were great prizes to be won by participants. The "Kleine Helden" (Little Heroes) society is the beneficiary of the proceeds. Kinder- und Jugendhospiz Osthessen e. V., a hospice in the Hesse region of Germany, looks after children and young adults with life-shortening illnesses along with their parents and siblings.

07 Mar 16

DS Smith scores well in first foray into WWF’s Environmental Paper Company Index (EPCI)

We’re very proud that DS Smith has achieved 72.5 % of the total achievable scores in WWF´s Environmental Paper Company Index (2015) for its packaging division, and 100% in the responsible fibre sourcing subcategory. Our role as a leader in the packaging industry is built on providing packaging that performs to exceptional standards; something that is only possible if we protect and maintain our forests. The best way to maintain our forests is an all-out devotion to recycling.

02 Mar 16

A gift should look beautiful, right?

When you give someone a nice present you want the outside to reflect the time and effort you invested in the gift, right? Gift packaging from DS Smith can ensure your gifts convey just the right message!

14 Dec 15

DS Smith: EC Circular Economy Package – more ambition needed

DS Smith welcomes the Circular Economy Package from the European Commission but believes it should be more ambitious.

04 Dec 15

DS Smith donates € 50,000 to UNICEF

For many people, Christmas is a time for giving presents in order to allow others to feel joy. This year, for the second time, DS Smith has decided to make a donation of 50,000 euros to the UNICEF charity campaign 'Donations. Instead of gifts' instead of giving its customers Christmas gifts. The money is used to help refugee children.

23 Nov 15

Introducing Packaging Machinery on dssmith.com

It is a rare thing to take an everyday object, like a corrugated cardboard box, made and used billions or trillions of times and make it better. And yet that is exactly what our Packaging Machinery team did when they invented Mandrel technology over 20 years ago!

16 Nov 15

Printing seminar enthuses participants

The customer event „Packaging Printing – From final artwork to print result” took place in the PackRight Academy of DS Smith Fulda at the end of October. The seminar provided a wide overview of the different printing processes.

10 Nov 15

E is for expectations. How to stand out to online shoppers

Alan Potts, market & product development director, of DS Smith’s UK packaging division recently explained to The Grocer how brands can ensure their e-retail packaging stands out to online shoppers, whilst still maintaining those vital protective elements.

05 Nov 15