A Cascade Of Awards For DS Smith Packaging

As 2007 winds to a close, DS Smith Packaging continues to be showered with awards. Just announced is the fact that DS Smith Packaging is the only UK corrugated packaging company to win three prestigious Worldstar awards in this year’s competition. What’s more, the company has just carried off top prize in the paper and packaging category of the National Green Apple Awards. This latest cluster of awards reflects DS Smith Packaging’s achievements in the area of innovative pack design and environmental best practice.

All this follows hard on the heels of DS Smith Packaging’s stunning success at the 2007 UK Packaging Awards in September when it won six premier awards including Packaging Company of the year and Environmental Company of the Year.

The three Worldstars go to DS Smith Speciality Packaging Launceston for its Unwins flower bulb pack, ‘Cubestacker’ and the ‘Grab-Cote’ layer pad, both of which were also top prize winners at the UK Packaging Awards, and for its ‘Rapid Display Pack’ designed for the Tulip Group.

DS Smith Speciality Packaging Launceston was also singled out for praise at the House of Commons ceremony when leading environmentalist, David Bellamy OBE, presented the Green Apple Award to Launceston’s representative, Steve Porter (pictured). This plant’s achievements include reducing emissions to air, water and ground as well as working closely with local residents on environmental issues.

Terry Ousley, Director of DS Smith Packaging, commented: “It has been a tremendous year for us in terms of public recognition of our work. Excellence in design and environmental best practice is all part of our strategy to be as competitive as possible, offering our customers truly world-class standards of packaging design and production. I would also like to thank our customers for all their help and support in these initiatives.”