smds industry packaging founded 1940 headquarters euston road london uk key people gareth davis chairman miles roberts ceo revenue 3 820 million 2015 1 operating income 289 million 2015 1 net income 156 million 2015 1 number of employees 26 000 2015 2 website www.dssmith.com ds smith plc is a leading british based international packaging business . it is headquartered in euston road london and is a constituent of the ftse 250 index . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit the business was founded by david solomon smith in 1940 manufacturing cartons . it was first listed on the london stock exchange in 1986 . in 1986 it acquired st regis paper company and 1988 kemsley paper mill both paper manufacturing businesses . in 1991 it went on to buy kaysersberg packaging a leading packaging business and in 1993 it bought spicers an office products wholesaler . 3 in 1996 it acquired john dickinson an envelope manufacturer 4 and in 2004 it completed the purchase of linpac containers a corrugated packaging manufacturer . 5 in july 2011 it sold spicers its office products wholesaling business for 200 million . 6 ds smith plc acquired the packaging division of svenska cellulosa aktiebolaget sca for a net consideration of approximately 1.6 billion c. 1.3 billion on 1 july 2012 . 7 in may 2015 ds smith group completed the acquisition of duropack for approximately 300m c. 220m . 8 operations edit statue by sir antony gormley outside ds smith s head office in euston road the company manufactures packaging corrugated packaging plastic packaging and recycled paper at sites across the uk including at kemsley in kent and the wansbrough paper mill in watchet somerset . references edit a b c annual report 2015 pdf . ds smith . retrieved 15 april 2016 . at a glance . dssmith.com corporate . retrieved 15 april 2016 . david smith buys spicers for 95m purchase of envelope maker marks move away from cyclical paper making the independent 26 june 1993 hamelin brands branded envelopes notebooks pads diaries . hamelinpaperbrands.co.uk . retrieved 3 april 2015 . ds smith to acquire linpac containers uk official board markets june 2004 ds smith sells spicers to unipapel for 200m packaging news 3 january 2012 ds smith packages up 1.3 bn deal for swedish rival sca packaging this is money 18 january 2012 ds smith snaps up duropack for 300m . ft. 23 february 2015 . retrieved 15 april 2016 . external links edit official site v t e ftse 100 ftse 250 companies of the united kingdom 3i infrastructure aa aberdeen asset management aberforth smaller companies trust acacia mining aggreko aldermore group alliance trust allied minds amec foster wheeler ao world ascential ashmore group assura atkins auto trader group aveva balfour beatty bankers investment trust barr a.g. bba aviation beazley group bellway berendsen berkeley group holdings bank of georgia bh macro big yellow group b & m european retail value bodycote booker group bovis homes group 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