Turnover: 7.241 billion EUR (2021)

Country: United Kingdom

DS Smith is a British group founded in 1940

The group specializes in paper, cardboard and plastic packaging. Its products include transport packaging, consumer packaging, luxury packaging, ready-to-sell packaging, POP displays, customized packaging, industrial packaging and more.

The company is present in 37 countries, has some 200 manufacturing plants and employs over 30,000 people.

Sales in France (packaging excluding paper) total just over 1 billion euros, with 4,500 employees at 30 sites.

News

DS Smith relaunches its Durtal cardboard plant 24/05/2023

  • Investment: 12.5 million euros
  • Acquisition of Durtal plant from Europac: 2019
  • Number of employees at the Durtal cardboard mill: 180 plus around 20 temporary staff
  • Number of cardboard mill customers: 270
  • Share of food industry customers: 85%
  • Durtal production in 2021: nearly 125 million m2
  • DS Smith France sales: 1.3 billion euros by 2022.

Financial Data

DUNS: 522130228

Legal Name: DS SMITH PAPER KAYSERSBERG

Address: 77 RTE DE LAPOUTROIE , 68240 KAYSERSBERG VIGNOBLE

Number of employees: Entre 100 et 199 salariés (2021)

Capital: 61 037 000 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Turnover 114 900 319 78 705 494 76 740 851 89 285 260 90 596 653 82 117 926
Gross margin (€) 71 182 518 49 660 728 54 305 694 61 396 412 56 688 503 50 852 432
EBITDA (€) 19 093 023 9 918 969 15 502 759 18 519 447 16 439 864 11 533 242
Operating profit (€) 16 445 938 8 302 453 14 439 338 16 021 519 14 806 972 10 105 630
Net profit (€) 10 026 519 5 286 381 8 731 918 9 644 973 8 571 067 6 073 056
Turnover growth rate (%) 46 2,6 -14 -1,4 10,3 -0,1
Ebitda margin rate (%) 16,6 12,6 20,2 20,7 18,1 14
Operating margin rate (%) 14,3 10,5 18,8 17,9 16,3 12,3
Working Capital (turnover days) 327,1 431,6 411,5 319 271,6 264,1
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) 6,6 -13,5 15,6 15,6 9 2,3
Net margin (%) 8,7 6,7 11,4 10,8 9,5 7,4
Added value / Turnover (%) 29,3 29,6 39,2 38,2 34 31,8
Wages and social charges (€) 13 952 757 12 948 487 13 338 073 14 025 808 13 397 212 13 477 705
Salaries / Turnover (%) 12,1 16,5 17,4 15,7 14,8 16,4

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Président Pierre Jegu 52

Studies mentioning this company

The corrugated board market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Smurfit Kappa
  • DS Smith
  • SAICA
  • International Paper
  • Rossman Groupe
  • Gascogne Papier
The carton packaging market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Smurfit Kappa
  • DS Smith
  • SAICA
  • International Paper
  • Europac (DS Smith)
  • VPK packaging
  • Cartonneries de Gondardennes
  • Papeteries et cartonneries Lacaux
  • Guillin Groupe - Guillin Emballages
  • Mayr-Melnhof Karton
  • Raja
  • VKP
  • Rossman Groupe
  • Gascogne Papier
  • Carton Service- Inapa
  • Elopak
  • Cartonnage de Vaucanson (Sentosphère Groupe)
  • Barry Wehmiller
  • Schubert Group
  • La Cartonnerie Moderne
  • CEE Schisler Packaging Solutions
The paper market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • International Paper
  • Smurfit Kappa
  • DS Smith
  • Saica Pack France
  • Ahlstrom-Munksjo
  • Norske Skog
  • Essity
  • Kimberly-Clark
  • Exacompta Clairefontaine
  • Guyenne Papier
  • UPM
  • Antalis France
  • Stora Enso
  • Gascogne Papier
  • Zuber Rieder (Fredigoni group)
  • Papeterie de Condat (Lecta Group)
  • Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget
  • Canson (FILA Groupe)
  • Stenpa
  • Avery Dennison
The corrugated board market - Italy

Other companies mentioned:

  • Smurfit Kappa
  • DS Smith
  • Amcor Flexibles Italia S.p.a.
  • Tetra Pack
  • Seda Italy S.p.a.
  • Fepa S.p.a.
  • Pro-Gest S.p.a.