# DS Smith invests €6m to expand La Chevrolière plant and add Kaypal pallet line

DS Smith invested €6m in its La Chevrolière facility near Nantes, France, adding 4,000 square metres and a new 2,500m² workshop for Kaypal cardboard pallets. The workshop has capacity of 250,000 units and potential for up to 1.5 million pallets per year.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2024-05-01
- Where: La Chevrolière, near Nantes, France
- Value: $6.50M (6.00M EUR)
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 250,000 units; potential up to 1.5 million pallets per year
- Products: Kaypal cardboard pallets, corrugated cardboard
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [DS Smith](https://endata.com/companies/221.md)
- [Bobst](https://endata.com/companies/345.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [themanufacturer.com](https://www.themanufacturer.com/articles/ds-smith-invests-e6m-in-machinery-for-packaging-facility/), 2024-05-07: "The investment has allowed the company to expand the size of the production space in La Chevrolière by 4,000 square metres"
- [esmmagazine.com](https://www.esmmagazine.com/packaging-design/ds-smith-expands-la-chevroliere-facility-with-e6m-investment-264923), 2024-05-10: "The production space at the site has been expanded by some 4,000 square metres, DS Smith said."
- [foodingredientsfirst.com](https://www.foodingredientsfirst.com/news/ds-smith-partners-with-carlsberg-poland-on-carbon-reducing-multipacks.html), 2024-06-27: "Last month, the company invested €6 million (US$6.5 million) in its La Chevrolière facility in France"

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