# DS Smith invests over €25M in Polish packaging facilities

DS Smith is investing over €25 million in production lines and machinery parks at its facilities in Kielce, Bełchatów, and Sosnowiec, Poland, to increase packaging production capacity.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2024-11-01
- Where: Kielce, Bełchatów, Sosnowiec, Poland
- Value: $27.0M (25.0M EUR)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 25 million square meters of packaging, 7.5 million square meters of glued boxes
- Products: corrugated packaging, paper bags, fresh food packaging
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [dssmith.com](https://www.dssmith.com/media/our-stories/2024/11/polish-25m-investment), 2024-11-01: "We are continuing a series of investments in DS Smith's operations in Poland and reinforcing our market position in the region."
- [dssmith.com](https://www.dssmith.com/pl/media/aktualnosci/2024/11/ds-smith-globalny-producent-opakowan-z-tektury-falistej-inwestuje-ponad-25-milionow-euro-w-parki-maszynowe-w-polsce-i-zwieksza-swoje-moce-produkcyjne-w-zakresie-zrownowazonych-rozwiazan), 2024-11-01: "Kontynuujemy serię inwestycji w Polsce, umacniając tym samym naszą pozycję rynkową w regionie."
- [packaginginsights.com](https://www.packaginginsights.com/news/ds-smith-invests-in-polish-production-expansion-as-fiber-based-demand-grows.html), 2024-11-06: "We are continuing a series of investments in DS Smith’s operations in Poland and reinforcing our market position in the region."
- [paperfirst.info](https://www.paperfirst.info/ds-smith-we-are-increasing-our-innovation-footprint-in-the-polish-marketplace-with-an-investment-of-over-e25m-into-our-existing-facilities/), 2024-11-18: "We are increasing our innovation footprint in the Polish marketplace with an investment of over €25M into our existing facilities."

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