DS Smith to Invest €6 Million at La Chevroliere Packaging Facility in France

Specifications:

Name:

DS Smith to Invest €6 Million at La Chevroliere Packaging Facility in France

Location:

Nantes, France

Company:

DS Smith

Estimated Cost:

€6 Million

Source:

https://www.dssmith.com/

Introduction:

DS Smith invests €6M in production machinery for “La Chevrolière” packaging facility in France including a new workshop for cardboard pallets.

Features:

The investment is in response to growing customer demand for corrugated cardboard by DS Smith customers in the region. The La Chevroliere facility is located close to the city of Nantes in the West of France and the €6M investment has been made to expand the size of the production space by 4,000 square metres.

New equipment includes a Bobst Mastercut 2.1 die-cut machine, and a cardboard pallet production line in the form of a 2,500 m² workshop is dedicated to the production of Kaypal cardboard pallets. The workshop has a capacity of 250,000 units, and a potential to produce up to 1.5 million pallets a year.