DS Smith Company Description
DS Smith Plc provides packaging solutions, paper products, and recycling services worldwide.
The company offers transit and transport, consumer, retail and shelf ready, heavy duty, fiber base pallets, automotive standard, multi-material, dangerous goods, and e-commerce packaging, as well as packaging for food and drinks, health and beauty, apparel and footwear, home and DIY, and consumer electronics.
It also provides various recycling and waste management services, including total waste management, paper and cardboard recycling, confidential shredding, and plastics recycling, as well as recycling solutions for the retail, manufacturing, print and publishing, paper mills, automotive, pharmaceutical, and public sectors.
In addition, the company offers brown, white, and kraft liners; medium/fluting grades; dual-use grades; coated papers; and specialty papers, as well as technical and supply chain services, as well as point of sale display solutions and packaging machine systems.
The company was formerly known as David S. Smith (Holdings) PLC and changed its name to DS Smith Plc in 2001.
DS Smith Plc was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
Country | United Kingdom |
Founded | 1940 |
Industry | Packaging & Containers |
Sector | Consumer Discretionary |
Employees | 29,519 |
CEO | Mr. Miles William Roberts |
Contact Details
Address: 1 Paddington Square London, W2 1DL United Kingdom | |
Phone | 44 20 7756 1800 |
Website | dssmith.com |
Stock Details
Ticker Symbol | SMDS |
Exchange | London Stock Exchange |
Fiscal Year | May - April |
Reporting Currency | GBP |
ISIN Number | GB0008220112 |
Key Executives
Name | Position |
---|---|
Miles William Roberts | Group Chief Executive and Executive Director |
Richard Neil Pike ACA, AMCT, ATII, LLB | Group Finance Director and Executive Director |
Anjali Kotak | Investor Relations Director |
Iain David Cameron Simm | Group General Counsel and Company Secretary |
Marc Chiron | Sales, Marketing and Innovation Director |
Hugo Fisher | Group Investor Relations Director |
Keith Ledbetter | Chief Financial Officer of Global Plastics and North America Packaging and Paper Divisions |
Alexander Manisty | Group Head of Strategy and Innovation |
Keith Tornes | Managing Director, Paper, Forestry and Recycling for North America |