DS Smith Packaging
No description from the company. The catalog line you may see elsewhere is generated by us from the category and location, not a statement by the company.
- Type
- Not established by any record (our catalog import lists it as manufacturer; that is not evidence of the role)
- Role
- Manufacturer (manufacturing registered as the company's activity in the state register; production site not independently confirmed); the register records manufacturing as the company's declared activity (17219: Manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers), a declaration to the register, not an observation of a working plant
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Founded
- Not established: our records disagree. 1940 in the founding-year field of our catalogue record; 1959 in the state register (date of the current legal entity).
- Current legal entity registered
- 1959-06-18 (state register record of the current legal entity)
- Website
- dssmith.com
- Categories
- Упаковка и полиграфия
What is established and what is not
No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 8 official records from 5 official sources are on file. 5 other entries are not official records: our own technical checks and searches, open directory listings, our inferences or the company's own statements. Everything is listed below with its evidence type: each entry confirms only what it literally says; none of them is a review. Nothing here confirms manufacturing, ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.
Facts on file, each with its evidence type
- Operating permit for the production site (record type: operating-permit; this record does not by itself establish manufacturing) [official record; status green] Shows an authority issued a permit for an installation at this site for the activity named in the record. A permit is not an inspection report and not an observation that production is running today. checked 2026-10-20. Environment Agency public registers (England)
- Environmental permit for an industrial site (record type: industrial-permit; this record does not by itself establish manufacturing) [official record; status green] The environment authority permitted an industrial installation at a named address: production on site, not an office. checked 2026-08-16. Environment Agency public register: Environmental Permitting Regulations installations (England)
- Listed in a source registry (record type: listed-in-registry) [official record; status green] Found in a named public register, not only on its own website. checked 2026-09-07. Environment Agency public registers (England)
- Website domain registered (record type: domain-registered) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] Shows how long this web address has been registered. That is the age of the domain, not of the company: a domain can change owners. checked 2026-08-28. Domain registry record
- Business email on the company's own domain (record type: corporate-mail-on-domain) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] Shows the domain runs its own email rather than a free mailbox. It describes the domain, not who owns it. checked 2026-08-28. Mail server of the company domain
- registry-activity (record type: registry-activity) [official record; status green] Line of business as recorded in the state register: 17219 - Manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers. Shows what the state itself says the company does, which you can compare with what it promises you. effective since 1959-06-18. Companies House free company data product (UK)
- No match found in the debarment registers we checked (record type: debarment-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public debarment datasets and found no matching candidate. Absence from these lists is a search result, not a certificate. checked 2026-08-28. OpenSanctions
- No match found on the sanctions lists we checked (record type: sanctions-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public sanctions datasets and found no matching candidate. A name search is not full compliance screening. checked 2026-08-28. OpenSanctions
- Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] 5 directors on file. The register names the people who run the company, so there is someone answerable if something goes wrong. checked 2026-06-20. Companies House
- Valid FSC certificate in the FSC database (record type: cert-fsc) [official record; status amber] Covers the chain of custody for wood and paper. checked 2026-10-15. FSC certificate database (search.fsc.org)
- On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 1959-06-18. Shows how long the company has been on the state register, which is hard to fake and easy to check. effective since 1959-06-18. Companies House free company data product (UK)
- Active in the UK registry (record type: ch-active) [official record; status green] The national company register still lists it as active. checked 2026-06-20. Companies House
- Mentioned in independent media (record type: media-mention) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] The press has written about it. A fact, not an endorsement. checked 2026-07-18. PrintIndustry.news
Relationships
6 relationship(s) on file. Each line names the other party, the relationship as its source records it, and the source. A record of a relationship is not a finding about control beyond what it literally says.
Recorded in a source
- 5 more officer(s), not named in the record: Officer in the register. Companies House
- DS Smith Packaging, Hinckley, DS Smith Packaging, Hinckley, Dodwells Rd, Hinckley, LE10 3BX: Holds the site's permit, registry number EPR/KP3127SL. Environment Agency public registers (England)
- DS Smith Packaging, DS Smith Packaging, Clay Cross, Pisley Road, Danesmoor, Chesterfield,: Holds the site's permit, registry number EPR/YP3929SZ. Environment Agency public register: Environmental Permitting Regulations installations (England)
Candidates, not confirmed
- dssmith.com: Website of this business. Source record
- DS SMITH PACKAGING VELIN: Same website, country FR, passport https://hellofapartner.com/company/fr-305750580.
- DS SMITH PACKAGING BRETAGNE: Same website, country FR, passport https://hellofapartner.com/company/fr-317216950.
Import rules for these goods
- Upcoming, not yet applicable on 2026-10-23: If the goods are paper, board or printed products, placing them on the EU market falls under the Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) due-diligence regime; packaging machinery itself does not. The EU Deforestation Regulation applies to large and medium operators from 30 December 2026 and to micro and small operators from 30 June 2027; due-diligence intensity depends on the risk level the Commission assigns to the country of production. European Commission (EUDR)