Rapak is a diversified liquid packaging material and machinery company headquartered in the Chicago area with manufacturing plants in Romeoville, Illinois and Hayward, California.

The Packaging Systems division specializes in developing and supplying innovative corrugated container solutions and the selection of liquid packaging equipment and integrating them into turnkey packaging lines.

The Rapak division manufactures bags, closures and plastic pouches developed to suit specific customer needs, as well as designing and building fillers and bag loading systems for Bag-in-Box liquid packaging applications.

The combined skills of the two divisions bring a unique capability to customers in the BiB industry who desire state-of-the-art Bag-in-Box packaging lines and filling machines. Rapak/Packaging Systems is the only company in the BiB industry that is structured to provide a complete 'total systems' approach to solving your liquid packaging needs.

Using the 'total systems' approach, Rapak can tailor a Bag-in-Box package to meet your exact needs. We have the ability to design and develop the bag, dispenser, and corrugated container, as well as the filling and packaging line.

While we are working with your packaging staff to design and refine your BiB container, our systems group can be working with your production personnel to design an integrated production line to run the package. We are the only Bag-in-Box Company that can offer you one source of supply for the complete project. As a complete 'total systems' supplier, Rapak/Packaging Systems make it easy for you to get started in a BiB package; either as a low-cost entry into the market, or with a fully automatic turnkey filling line.

Rapak produces liquid packaging systems to meet specific customer needs. Rapak USA designs and manufactures Bag-in-Box packaging solutions, aseptic and non-aseptic filling machines and plastic pouches for a variety of uses. Rapak USA is your one-stop source for a complete Bag-in-Box packaging solution.

Bag-in-Box liquid packaging systems can be used for numerous liquid packaging applications, including beverages, chemicals and aseptic foods. Bag-in-Box packaging is easily palletized due to its rectangular shape, cutting down on storage space and costs. Rapak USA also manufacture a line of aseptic (Intasept®) and non-aseptic filling machines, from single-head, hand-fed filling systems to fast, servomotor driven fully automatic filling machines.

The DS Smith Plc Group

Rapak is part of the Plastics Division of the DS Smith Plc group of companies.

DS Smith Plc (www.dssmith.uk.com) is an international group focused on the production of packaging, paper and the manufacture and distribution of office products. The Group holds leading positions in the markets in which it operates...

• Liquid packaging and dispensing
• Plastic returnable transit packaging and logistics
• Recycled papermaking
• Corrugated packaging
• Office products wholesaling
• Manufacturing of envelopes, books and pads

DS Smith Plastics (www.dssmith-plastics.com) is a core division in the DS Smith group. We offer wide manufacturing capabilities embracing many different processes, from extruded sheet and thermoforming, to injection moulding and Bag-in-Box systems.

DS Smith Plc is listed on the London stock exchange.
Financial information and/or investor relations can be obtained from www.dssmith.uk.com