# DS Smith signs £108M five-year packaging deal with JLR

DS Smith signed a £108 million, five-year contract to extend its fibre-based packaging supply to Jaguar Land Rover, including a just-in-time on-site service at JLR's Mercia Park plant in Appleby Magna, UK.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2025-03-24
- Where: Appleby Magna, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Value: $135.0M (108.0M GBP)
- Status: announced
- Products: fibre-based packaging, corrugated cardboard packaging, just-in-time packaging logistics
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [DS Smith](https://endata.com/companies/221.md) (supplier)
- [JLR](https://endata.com/companies/12895.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [scrapmonster.com](https://www.scrapmonster.com/news/scrap-metal-news/ds-smith-contract-jlr-fibrebased-packaging-solutions/95268), 2025-03-24: "DS Smith revealed that it has signed a £108 million, five-year deal with JLR to develop packaging solutions based on fiber."

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