DS Smith

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DS Smith
legal form plc
ISIN GB0008220112
founding 1940
Seat London , UKUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom 
management Gareth Davis, Chairman
Miles Roberts, Group Chief Executive
Number of employees 31,000
sales £ 6.17 billion
Branch Packaging manufacturer
Website www.dssmith.com
Status: 2019

Gatehouse to the DS Smith plant in Minden

DS Smith is a British packaging manufacturer with headquarters in London and operations in 37 countries. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is included in the FTSE 100 index .

history

"DS Smith" was founded in 1940 and has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since the late 1950s . In 1986 the company acquired the "St Regis Paper Company" and in 1988 the "Kemsley Paper Mill", both paper manufacturers. In 1991 this was followed by the acquisition of “Kaysersberg Packaging”, a leading French packaging company, and in 1993 the acquisition of “James Spicer & Sons”, a British wholesaler of office supplies. 1996 saw the acquisition of " John Dickinson Stationery ", a British envelope manufacturer, and in 2004 the acquisition of "Linpac Containers", a British manufacturer of corrugated cardboard. In July 2011 "Spicers", the office supplies wholesaler, was sold again for 200 million pounds.

In July 2012, the takeover of the packaging division of " SCA " for around 1.6 billion euros (then around 1.3 billion pounds) was announced. This was followed in May 2015 by the company “Duropack” for around € 300 million  (then around £ 220 million  ). In December 2017, DS Smith was added to the FTSE 100 index. In January 2019, DS Smith completed the takeover of the Spanish packaging manufacturer "Europac", which had 2,300 employees in the 2017 financial year and a turnover of 1.2 billion euros. Europac's listing on the stock exchange was canceled after the takeover.

activity

"DS Smith" manufactures packaging from corrugated cardboard , plastic and recycled paper in 37 countries.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ At a glance - DS Smith , accessed November 28, 2019
  2. ↑ Operating Divisions
  3. ^ David Smith buys Spicers for £ 95m: Purchase of envelope maker marks move away from cyclical paper making The Independent, June 26, 1993
  4. ↑ Hamelin Brands - branded envelopes, notebooks, pads, diaries . In: hamelinpaperbrands.co.uk . Archived from the original on June 26, 2008. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  5. ↑ DS Smith to acquire Linpac Containers UK Official Board Markets, June 2004
  6. ↑ DS Smith sells Spicers to Unipapel for £ 200m Packaging News, January 3, 2012
  7. ^ DS Smith packages up £ 1.3bn deal for Swedish rival SCA Packaging
  8. ↑ DS Smith snaps up Duropack for € 300m . FT. February 23, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  9. ↑ New FTSE 100 entrant DS Smith Could make you brilliantly rich . Motley Fool. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  10. ↑ Europac Group: TO THE SPANISH SECURITIES MARKET AUTHORITY / RELEVANT EVENT , accessed on January 25, 2019
  11. ↑ Europac Group: Europac 2017 Integrated Annual Report , accessed January 25, 2019
  12. ^ DS Smith Locations Map . DS SMith. Retrieved November 25, 2019.