# DS Smith starts production at new Castelfranco Emilia packaging plant

DS Smith has started production at its new 34,000 sqm packaging plant in Castelfranco Emilia (Modena), Italy, with a corrugator and three converting machines running. The plant will eventually have 10 production lines and over 200 million sqm of annual capacity.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-09-01
- Where: Castelfranco Emilia, Modena, Italy
- Jobs: 80
- Status: completed
- Capacity: over 200 million sqm per year
- Products: corrugated packaging
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [paperindustryworld.com](https://www.paperindustryworld.com/production-has-started-at-the-new-ds-smith-plant-in-castelfranco-emilia/), 2022-09-01: "More than 80 people will be employed at the plant."
- [paper-world.com](https://www.paper-world.com/en/newsdetail/ds-smith-landmark-week-for-european-investment), 2022-09-12: "With a combined investment of £100m and representing another key milestone for our presence in Europe, the new state-of-the-art packaging facilities will formally launch on 13 th and 15 th of September in Castelfranco Emilia, Italy and Belchatow, Poland."
- [corruga.expert](https://corruga.expert/news/ds-smith-opens-two-plants-in-poland-and-italy/), 2022-09-22: "The good growth we have seen in Italy over the years is continuing and we are seeing a lot of customer interest in our sustainable packaging innovations."

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