We collaborate with ELVIAL to introduce Fanfold packaging solution to industrial customers in Greece

The flexible and sustainable fibre-based packaging innovation for heavy industrial and aluminium products in modern supply chains has been made bespoke for ELVIAL’s specific production and supply chain requirements.

It is intended to provide optimum protection for the company’s heavy aluminium products, ranging from doors and windows to lighting, automotive, and medical equipment, in a wide variety of shapes and dimensions. The solution is designed in an accordion styled structure to allow for the folding and adjustment of sizes, and ELVIAL’s products are routinely transported to customers in both local and international destinations - requiring a robust and versatile protection as freight.

The packaging design is also comprised of a single-sheet of fibre-based corrugated cardboard which effectively replaces the multiple sheets that were previously used by ELVIAL with a simple alternative and the design is intended for operational efficiency, and as well as taking up less space. In addition, the shape provides a natural cushioning, further eliminating any requirement for additional filling materials.

"Our collaboration with ELVIAL reflects DS Smith's philosophy around sustainability and the company’s commitment to creating packaging solutions that are designed to fit the operational needs of the customer as precisely as possible”, commented Giorgos Filippoglou, Managing Director, Greek Cluster, Packaging Division, DS Smith Hellas

Designed with operational efficiency and sustainability in mind, DS Smith Fanfold benefits are wide ranging, and include dimensional flexibility, increased product protection, enhanced containment and stability for heavy products during transportation, full compatibility with automated production lines, cost savings from the elimination of any requirement for additional filling materials, the optimization of transport and storage space, and overall, a circular ready approach with less material, reduced waste, and easy recyclability.

Tania Tzika, President of ELVIAL said: "The superior quality and safety of our products during transportation is a strategic priority, and especially due to our intense critical export activity. Fanfold offers us the flexibility we need to manage and transport products of different dimensions with confidence, while simplifying our production and supply chain processes and helping us to reach our sustainability targets”.

Through its purpose of Redefining Packaging for a Changing World and its company-wide and target-led sustainability strategy, DS Smith is committed to leading a transition to the circular economy, and to delivering innovative sustainable packaging solutions for customers worldwide.