Board Converting News, December 20, 2021

DS Smith Removes 170M Pieces Of ‘Problem Plastic’ For Industry Atlanta, Georgia based sustainable packager DS Smith recently announced strong progress against its plastic replacement targets as part of its half year financial up- date to the market. The London based parent company reported 170 million pieces of problem plastic had been replaced by its paper-based solutions for supermarkets and online retailers around the world since the launch of its Now and Next Sustainability strategy last year. The business reported removing on average more than two million pieces of single use plastic a week from its cus- tomers’ packaging and store display products – equiva- lent to 12,000 pieces an hour – boosting their customers’ packaging recyclability and reducing negative impacts on the environment. “Working with our customers here in North America, we’re actively contributing to DS Smith’s replacement of more than one billion pieces of problem plastic with ful- ly recyclable, fiber-based packaging solutions by 2025,” said Keith Ledbetter, Managing Director of DS Smith North America. “Our customers and their consumers are increas- ingly demanding sustainable, environmentally-friend- ly packaging, and we’re fully embracing this agenda for change to protect the planet.” With businesses facing federal, state and local bans on many types of single-use plastics, such as plastic grocery bags and Styrofoam containers, DS Smith has created more than 1,000 wholly recyclable fiber-based packaging solutions for hundreds of thousands of products for both traditional and e-commerce retailers – covering every- thing from wine boxes and ready-meal trays to shrink wrap and fresh fruit trays. Using its industry leading Circular Design Principles, DS Smith’s designers create innovative designs to elimi- nate even the smallest amounts of plastic packaging, such as replacing plastic sealing tape with self-locking card- board flaps and swapping plastic labels with print direct onto cardboard. DS Smith announced in September 2021 it had embed- ded its Circular Design Metrics across all its packaging sites which enable it to measure the sustainability perfor- mance of each of its packaging designs across a range of indicators including carbon footprint, design for reuse and material utilization. DS Smith’s plastic replacement work is part of its $140 million Circular Economy R&D program to support the company’s pledge to offer all its customers 100 percent recyclable packaging within the next two years and for all its packaging to be recycled or reused by 2030. The DS Samith story can be traced back to the box-mak- ing business started by the Smith Family in East London in the 1940s. Today, the company operates in more than 30 different countries, and proudly employs more than 30,000 people. Visit dssmith.com for more information.

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OHIO BLOW PIPE/ADVANCED AIRSYSTEMS www.obpairsystems.com For 85 years the Ohio Blow Pipe company and its whol- ly owned subsidiary, Advanced Airsystems, have provided the corrugated and folding carton industries with systems and products to process scrap. We engineer, fabricate, in- stall, service, provide system audits, and offer a wide range of scrap systems, dust collection systems and products to include cyclones, under roof AIR-SCREEN™ systems, pit belt systems, CLEANAIR dust collectors, Mist-Clone dust control systems for vacuum feeds, material handling fans, ductwork, switch valves, airveyors, balers, shredders and dust briquetters. OMP www.omp.com OMP helps companies facing complex planning challenges to excel, grow and thrive by offering the best digitized sup- ply chain planning solution on the market. Its Unison Plan- ning concept has a unique approach. It handles all supply chain planning challenges in a unified way, synchronizing all planning stages, horizons, functions and roles. Hundreds of customers run OMP’s cloud-based solution to generate more value by making informed decisions. OMP invests one out of every three dollars earned into innovation.

PAPER AND DUST PROS, INC. www.paperanddustpros.com

We custom design, install and service air conveyed scrap and dust collection systems. Our unique APS® is smaller, lighter, and more reliable than current cyclones. Contact us to learn how the APS® System can enhance your operation.

PROFERO SYSTEMS, INC. www.ProferoSystems.com

Profero Systems the leader in double facer heating and traction section conversions along with other performance enhancing products. Featuring products from Contact Bars and Compensating Rolls to New Glue Machines and Double Facers.

GF PUHL www.gfpuhl.com

GF PUHL designs, manufactures and installs air conveyed scrap & dust collection systems for the packaging and cor- rugated industries. With 37 years of experience, USA and International. We offer below or above roof systems featur- ing cyclones OR screen separators with real time pressure balancing for optimal dust control. High efficiency cyclones for sheet transfer exhaust systems eliminate water con- sumption and deliver dust directly to compactor or briquet- ter for low maintenance, long term sustainability and reli- ability. System audits, dust explosivity tests and dust hazard analysis (DHA’s) available.

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