DS Smith Packaging Belper has produced new retail ready packaging (RRP) for the American brand Blue Diamond UK range of almonds, which have been positioned as a healthier alternative to snacking. According to DS Smith, the fine flute ...
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Whilst UK GDP growth stalled in the last quarter of 2012, we have a record high in the number of jobs and ultra-low interest rates…hence we're not witnessing the huge job losses and brutal levels of home repossessions that the ...
UK-based DS Smith Recycling is planning to close its materials recycling facility in Southampton which was bought from SCA Packaging in July 2012. Following its activities review in the wake of the SCA deal, DS Smith Recycling has ...
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In half-year results published this morning, for the six months to 31 October, the group posted a 62% year-on-year rise in revenue to £1.67bn, while pre-tax profit rose 62.5% to £106.1m. The increase was driven by the ...
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UK-based packaging company Cepac has agreed to acquire DS Smith's corrugated packaging business(formerly known as SCA Branded Packaging)based in Darlington,England,for£1.4bn. Cepac managing director Rod Ainslie said the company ...
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Germany-based Heidelberg will install its Diana X 115 folding carton gluing machine at DS Smith Packaging Premium’s sheet plant in Cognac, France. According to Heidelberg, the new machine combines a collapsible box module with a ...
The European Commission competition authority has approved the previously announced acquisition of Swedish group SCA’s subsidiary SCA Packaging (excluding its two kraftliner mills) by UK-based DS Smith for about EUR1.6bn. According ...
International supplier of recycled packaging for consumer goods DS Smith Recycling has announced investment in a new shared service center at Caerphilly Business Park in the UK to centralize its IT, HR and finance operations. According to ...
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UK-based recycled packaging manufacturer DS Smith has completed the previously announced acquisition of Sweden-based Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget’s (SCA) packaging business for €1.7bn, excluding its two kraftliner mills in ...
Packaging companies RockTenn and DS Smith have signed an agreement that gives RockTenn the exclusive rights to manufacture and distribute corrugated packaging designs and to distribute new packaging equipment in the US. The new Meta ...
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