DS Smith has revealed it has invested more than €50 million euros in its packaging facilities in Portugal during the last three years.
The investments include the acquisition of two fluting machines for packaging facilities in Oporto and Leiria, while the company has also upgraded a corrugator unit at its site in Lisbon with the installation of a 2,800mm-wide Dry End.
The new machinery is designed to enhance service capabilities and facilitate collaboration in the production of a wide range of sustainable corrugated cardboard solutions. This includes triple corrugated cardboard, frequently applied as a packaging solution for circumstances where high-end performance is required for the transportation of heavy products.
DS Smith has also invested in a large processing machine intended for the heavy-duty marketplace. The new equipment is also for the manufacture of corrugated cardboard solutions that are robust enough to transport heavy, large, or bulky products for sectors including industry and agriculture.
Customers in the e-commerce sector will benefit from an additional investment in the upgrading of machinery to produce padded paper envelopes. DS Smith’s designers have created a fibre-based alternative to plastic-based bubble-wrap and are also reducing the amount of filling used in end products.
Américo Rocha, general manager, DS Smith packaging division, Portugal, said, “This significant investment in the packaging plants in Portugal reflects our commitment to promoting technological and product innovation locally and to contributing to the evolution of our units. The new resources allow us to increase the diversity of our offer, as well as our differentiation in the marketplace, with sustainable, innovative, and optimised packaging solutions for the entire supply chain.”
The DS Smith packaging division in Portugal has six factories and a logistics centre. The company also has two recycling mills and a kraft paper mill in the country.
