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Kaysersberg factory

Presentation and history

Kaysersberg cardboard factoryThe company's birthplace, established in 1857, the industrial site in Kaysersberg is ideally located at the heart of Europe. Around 150 years on, Kaysersberg is a major producer of cardboard and a leading supplier of CCMs.

Nowadays, with a staff of 200, the Kaysersberg cardboard factory produces approximately 170,000 tonnes of high-quality special and technical grade cardboard. The Kaysersberg factory has always implemented ambitious, continuous improvement programmes by investing heavily in all the human and industrial aspects of Quality, Security and Environment.

With a turnover of around 75 M€, the Kaysersberg factory offers its national and international clients a wide selection of high-quality cardboards, all made from recycled fibres.

1857 - First sawmill founded by Jean Weibel
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1877 - The company begins to make wood pulp from trees from the Vosges
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1909 - First cardboard machine launched in Alsace, MC1, width 2200 mm
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1912 - Creation of the company Victor Weibel S.A.
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1927 - Construction of the second cardboard machine, MC2, width 3220 mm
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1929 - The company is bought by the Société Générale Alsacienne (Sogenal)
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1930 - Launch of the Kaysersberg company's first corrugator
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1945 - The Kaysersberg company becomes the Kaysersberg cardboard company
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1956 - First production of triple wall corrugated board
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1961 -  The Kaysersberg cardboard company is bought by Ferdinand Béghin
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1973 - Following Béghin's merger with Say, the Béghin Say group is created
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1989 - 40 days are spent updating machine 2 (Nov. 1989)
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1991 - Aerobic purification plant
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1992 - Kaysersberg joins the British DS Smith Plc (UK) group
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1995 - First ISO 9001 Quality certification
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2001 - Installation of gas/electricity co-generation instead of coal
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2005 - Kaysersberg Packaging becomes DS Smith Kaysersberg
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2008 - Launch of an effluent treatment system using methanisation
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70% of production is intended for export.

History of Kaysersberg

Protection of the environment and natural resource management are important factors within our investment policy for the management and development of our industrial plant in Kaysersberg