IP expands packaging production in Morocco

Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) has successfully completed the expansion of its Polish packaging plant in Pruszków. The facility is now one of the most modern packaging plants in Europe, SKG said. The measures will ultimately lead to an increase in the plant’s capacity to 37,500 and include a new corrugator, modern...

British packaging group DS Smith is expanding its packaging operations in Finland. The company has relocated the operations of its Turku plant to Pirkkala near Tampere, and has also announced plans to invest €10m in its existing packaging operations. DS Smith’s new packaging plant in Pirkkala, Finland, started...

DS Smith has announced plans to close its plant in Aylesford, Kent in the UK and transfer the operations to Ely, Cambridgeshire. According to DS Smith’s website, the Aylesford and Ely production plants produce displays and other POS packaging for retailers. The transfer of operations will be a phased programme between...