DS Smith: Wow factor e-commerce packaging with inside digital print
28 Sep 2018
DS Smith presented a range of e-commerce packaging during FachPack 2018 in Nuremberg. With its new DISCS distribution testing process, DS Smith is able to ensure e-commerce packaging is protected against drops, impact, shock, crush and shake vulnerabilities. DS Smith is also engaged with enhancing the consumer appeal of its packaging, for example with the use of inside digital print. Anja Röhrle of DS Smith explains to PackagingInsights how the supplier is innovating for the expanding e-commerce market.
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