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History

1857 - Start of activity of the Weibel Frères sawmill in Kaysersberg.
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1886 - Park machines' improvement of the Weibel Frères sawmill. Construction of a boiler room, a steam engine and a new chimney.
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1909 - First paper machine launched in Alsace
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1912 - Creation of the company Victor Weibel S.A.
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1929 - Company taken over by 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 - Kaysersberg cardboard company is taken over by Ferdinand Béghin
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1963 - Kunheim factory opened (Alsace)
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1967 - Kunheim factory's production surface is doubled (55,000 m²)
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1973 - Kunheim launches production of plastic packaging AKYLUX
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1973 - Following BEGHIN's merger with SAY, the BEGHIN SAY group is created
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1975 - Corrugated board factory opens in St-Just-en-Chaussée (FR)
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1989 - Takeover of Larousse Emballage in Tigy (Loiret)
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1991 - First ISO 9001 certification awarded to the Kunheim factory
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1992 - Kaysersberg Packaging joins the British David S. Smith Group (UK)
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1995 - Kaypac conversion factory opens in Vittel (FR)
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1995 - Takeover of DS Smith POLSKA (PL)
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1995 - Acquisition of Toscana Ondulati (I)
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1998 - Acquisition of the C.E.R.A convertor in Meyzieu (FR)
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1998 - Acquisition of holdings in Wirth Verpackungen in Endingen (DE)
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1999 - Acquisition of Copikas (TR)
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2001 - Acquisition of the Triss convertor in Kladno (CZ)
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2002 - DS Smith Toscana Ondulati factory opens in Lari (I)
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2002 - Acquisition of the DS Smith Trakya corrugated board factory in Corlu (TR)
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2005 - DS Smith Poland corrugated board factory opens in Kutno (PL)
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2006 - Acquisition of the DS Smith Slovakia in Nitra (SK) and DS Smith Copikas in Bursa (TR)
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2007 - Extension of DS Smith Kaypac in Vittel (FR)
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2008 - Démarrage de DS Smith Slovakia à Ilava
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