DS Smith has announced a €6 Million investment in its La Chevrolière facility near Nantes in the west of France.
The move has allowed the company to expand the size of the production space by 4,000 square metres and has been made in response to increasing demand for sustainable corrugated cardboard.
The new equipment includes a Bobst Mastercut 2.1 die-cut machine, and a cardboard pallet production line. A new 2,500m² workshop dedicated to the production of Kaypal cardboard pallets has a capacity of 250,000 units, and a potential to produce up to 1.5 million pallets per year.
The Kaypal pallet is said to be beneficial to DS Smith customers in that it is fully recyclable, ultra lightweight (3.5kg), ergonomic, hygienic, economical, and reusable.
Thibault Laumonier, regional MD, DS Smith France, said, “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. The opening of our new Kaypal cardboard pallet production workshop in La Chevrolière will help our regional customers to move towards a circular economy, and with sustainable packaging options that impact positively on the reduction of CO2 throughout the entire supply chain.”
