DS Smith confirms C&T Matrix as an approved partner

Packaging Solutions

C&T Channel Matrix has supplied several DS Smith sites across the UK and Europe for many years and has enjoyed a longstanding relationship with the group. This affiliation has now been further cemented by C&T’s new status as an ‘approved partner’.

Andy Bowles, European divisional category manager at DS Smith, explained: ‘It is important to have a quality supplier with multiple manufacturing sites that can service our growing business. Understanding our needs is important and the team at C&T Matrix has a vast technical knowledge. As a plc it is also imperative for DS Smith to balance quality and technical support with good value for our shareholders and that is exactly what C&T provides.’

Howard Mead, commercial director for C&T Channel Matrix, added: ‘At C&T, we believe the strong relationship that exists between our companies can only be of mutual benefit. DS Smith is using a wide variety of products from our portfolio to help enhance the end users packaging performance for point of sale, brown box and carton. We have been invited to several DS Smith sites in the UK and Europe to advise on technical issues and help to overcome the inherent problems of converted corrugated fluted board. This is one of the key advantages that C&T can give to all our customers – working in partnership to bring solutions on-press in order to facilitate good quality cutting and creasing, consistently. Our mission at C&T is to be a real time solution provider, offering our customers technical support for all areas of complex creasing. We are looking forward to a continued successful partnership with DS Smith.’