DS Smith Packaging Strategists begin operating in Chinese packaging market

Manufacturers based in China have a new competitive advantage to access as DS Smith China has now begun operations.

Promising to increase sales, lower costs and manage risks, DS Smith’s Packaging Strategists are a one-stop solution provider for global customers with Chinese operations who need multi-material global packaging solution & ensure global packaging performance governance: Packaging specifications, performances, colour management, Chain of Custody certification and more.

This is a tremendous day for DS Smith and for our global customers with Chinese operations who can now count on DS Smith to transcribe & adapt their overall packaging performance needs into locally available specifications. DS Smith will also select and produce through rigorously audited external partners wherever they might be needed.

— Olivier Cottard, DS Smith’s Head of Industries

DS Smith China is staffed by our in-house, cutting edge multi-material designers keeping a sharp eye on Total Cost of Ownership. And because every package must perform to the highest standards our designers are complemented by a team of in-house quality auditors who continuously audit DS Smith’s local production partners.

“DS Smith China is committed to providing outstanding packaging performance through rigorous quality and compliance oversight,” said Andreas Guip, Managing Director of DS Smith China. “That means local market tests & benchmarks, on the ground internal prototyping & lab testing, packaging supply chain process audits, and crucially, factory compliance with customer standards. That compliance includes: production management systems (VMI, EDI etc.), material traceability, health & safety regulations, child safety of any materials, legal and ethical standards on employment law, and audits of the complete range of raw material suppliers.”

As Packaging Strategists, the expertise within DS Smith China goes beyond exceptional design to detailed study on packaging logistics flows, palletisation & fill rate analysis, defining optimum production batch sizes, delivery frequencies and inventory levels. Life is simpler with just one Global central point of contact negotiating all commercial conditions, with customer’s global counterpart, for the different geographies impacted by a project (ex: China, Poland…). And the benefits of having local external packaging manufacturing partners quote for local market demands can quickly add up.

As part of DS Smith’s operations in China we are proud to launch dssmith.com in Chinese beginning August 1, 2016. To learn more about how DS Smith China can help your business please do not hesitate to contact us.