UK Packaging

This segment is comprised of three businesses:

DS Smith Packaging DS Smith Recycling DS Smith Paper

DS Smith operates an integrated model in the UK, from waste paper collection, through the manufacture of recycled paper, to the design and production of corrugated packaging.

Revenue: £917.7 million
Employees: c. 5,000
Manufacturing locations: 47
Market positions:

  • No1 in the UK for corrugated packaging
  • No1 in the UK for collection of waste paper
  • No1 in the UK for recycled paper manufacture


Market and business background

  • In the UK, DS Smith operates three businesses, being corrugated packaging, paper manufacturing and waste paper collection. We operate from 28 corrugated packaging factories, 15 recycling depots and 4 paper mills.
  • DS Smith in the UK manufactures c. 1.125 billion m2 of corrugated packaging and board; the UK market size is estimated at c. 4.1 billion m2. We also manufacture c. 770 thousand tonnes of corrugated case material (CCM) (the UK market is estimated at c. 2.1 million tonnes) and we make an additional c. 260 thousand tonnes of other paper grades, principally plasterboard liner. Of the CCM that we manufactured in 2010/11, approximately 300 thousand tonnes was used within our packaging business.
  • DS Smith Recycling collects c. 1.8 million tonnes of old corrugated containers and other used paper per year, the majority of which is used by our recycled paper manufacturing operations. The market size for all types of recycled materials in the UK is 7.9 million tonnes.
  • Our customer base for our corrugated box products is approximately 75% fast moving consumer goods, with our largest UK Packaging customer comprising under 3% of the revenue of the division.

For further information, visit:
www.dssmith-packaging.com
www.dssmithrecycling.com
www.dssmithpaper.com

Head Offices:
DS Smith Packaging
Beech House
Whitebrook Park
68 Lower Cookham Road
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 8XY
Tel: +44 (0)1753 754 380

DS Smith Recycling
Ty Gwyrdd
11 Beddau Way
Caerphilly
Mid Glamorgan
CF83 2AX
Tel: +44 (0)2920 718 400

DS Smith Paper
Kemsley Mill
Sittingbourne
Kent
ME10 2TD
Tel +44 (0) 1795 518 900