08 May 2024 --- DS Smith is investing €6 million (US$6.5 million) in its La Chevrolière facility near Nantes, France. The corrugated packaging giant is expanding the facility’s production space by 4,000 square meters, responding to the region’s increasing demand for sustainable corrugated cardboard. The latest equipment includes a Bobst Mastercut 2.1 die-cut machine and a cardboard pallet production line. Additionally, a new 2,500-square-meter workshop dedicated to the production of Kaypal cardboard pallets has a capacity of 250,000 units and the potential to produce up to 1.5 million pallets annually. Thibault Laumonier, regional managing director for DS Smith in France, tells Packaging Insights: “At DS Smith Packaging France, we understand that innovation and respect for the environment go hand-in-hand and this is in keeping with our ‘Now and Next’ sustainability strategy and company-wide purpose of ‘Redefining Packaging for a Changing World.’”
