DS Smith has invested more than Euro 50 million in its packaging facilities in Portugal in response to a growing demand for sustainable fibre-based packaging solutions.
The investments are intended to streamline the upgrading of technology and renewable energy solutions. These include the acquisition of two top-of-the-range fluting machines for its packaging facilities in Oporto and Leiria packaging facilities, and DS Smith has upgraded a corrugator unit for optimal performance at its packaging facility in Lisbon with the installation of a 2,800mm (approximately 9.19 ft) wide Dry End.
The Company has also invested in a large processing machine that is specifically intended for the heavy-duty marketplace and for corrugated cardboard solutions that are robust enough to transport heavy, large, or bulky products for industrial and agricultural sectors.
DS Smith customers in the e-commerce sector are benefitting from the upgrading of machinery to produce padded paper envelopes, and designers have innovated a sustainable fibre-based alternative solution to plastic-based bubble-wrap.
Other investments have been made in renewable energy in Iberia, and DS Smith has commissioned the installation of solar panels at our packaging facilities in Esmoriz, Leiria and Lisbon to produce electricity for its own consumption. These measures are anticipated to reduce CO2 emissions by 34% a year.
The DS Smith Packaging Division in Portugal has six factories that are in Guilhabreu, Esmoriz, Águeda, Carregal do Sal, Leiria and Lisbon, and a logistics centre in Madeira.
DS Smith is a leading global manufacturer of fibre-based sustainable packaging solutions.
