DS Smith is on Instagram!

10 Mar 2016
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Go check us out on Instagram, we think you’ll be glad you did – and you might even get some ideas about what is possible to do with corrugated!

One of the most original projects featured on our Instagram page was a full-sized functional Lexus!

Pretty special, right?

With 26,000 employees across Europe we’ve had some pretty special submissions from our employees too. From the artistic to the athletic, our employees are a well-rounded and impressive bunch.

So please follow us at https://www.instagram.com/dssmithgroup/ and learn a bit more about who we are and what we do.

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.

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.

DS Smith launches SalesFront, bringing products closer to the shopper

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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DS Smith develops innovative seasonal presentation for Carl Pabst

DS Smith launches SalesFront, bringing products closer to the shopper

DS Smith launches SalesFront, bringing products closer to the shopper

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

The World in 2025 – Everything is an experience

DrankDozijn.nl gives sturdy packaging a second life

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

DS Smith at the 2016 Career and Education Fair

Tracking-Pack: Peace of mind by tracking your packaging

DS Smith donates proceeds from tombola to Kleine Helden

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

A gift should look beautiful, right?

DS Smith: EC Circular Economy Package – more ambition needed

DS Smith donates € 50,000 to UNICEF

Introducing Packaging Machinery on dssmith.com

Printing seminar enthuses participants

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

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