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DS Smith: History, Art, Regions & Companies

DS Smith plc is a British multinational packaging business, headquartered in London. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was acquired by International Paper in February 2025.

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DS Smith topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Art, Regions and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around DS Smith.

Related topics
10
Source areas
2
Connected nodes
12
Extracted relationships
17
Concept neighborhoods
6
Bridge connections
12

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 8 topics
Overview · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1940
Industry
Packaging
Headquarters
London
ISIN
GB0008220112
Key people
Gareth Davis (Chairperson) · Miles Roberts (CEO)
Net income
£503 million (2023)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How DS Smith connects Entity context

The extracted context around DS Smith shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, DS Smith → Europe, The, United States Another extracted example is DS Smith → Gareth Davis (Chairperson), Miles Roberts (CEO). Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

DS Smith

Top relations

related to Operations · 3
DS Smith → Europe, The, United States
Key people · 2
DS Smith → Gareth Davis (Chairperson), Miles Roberts (CEO)
Founded · 1
DS Smith → 1940
Headquarters · 1
DS Smith → London
Industry · 1
DS Smith → Packaging
ISIN · 1
DS Smith → GB0008220112
Net income · 1
DS Smith → £503 million (2023)
Number of employees · 1
DS Smith → 30,168 (2023)
Operating income · 1
DS Smith → £748 million (2023)
Parent · 1
DS Smith → International Paper

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

packaging smith ds london company business acquired paper international billion stock million plc listed exchange february 2025 operations spicers founded

DS Smith relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 17 structured relationships around DS Smith. Examples in this analysis include DS Smith → Founded → 1940 and DS Smith → Headquarters → London. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
DS SmithFounded19401.00infobox
DS SmithHeadquartersLondon1.00infobox
DS SmithIndustryPackaging1.00infobox
DS SmithISINGB00082201121.00infobox
DS SmithKey peopleGareth Davis (Chairperson)1.00infobox
DS SmithKey peopleMiles Roberts (CEO)1.00infobox
DS SmithNet income£503 million (2023)1.00infobox
DS SmithNumber of employees30,168 (2023)1.00infobox
DS SmithOperating income£748 million (2023)1.00infobox
DS SmithParentInternational Paper1.00infobox
DS SmithRevenue£8,221 million (2023)1.00infobox
DS SmithTraded asLSE: SMDS1.00infobox
DS SmithTypeSubsidiary1.00infobox
DS SmithWebsitedssmith.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around DS Smith bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Smith, Packaging and Announced. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • DS Smith
    • Smith
    • Packaging
    • Announced
    • Europe
    • Operations
    • Plc
    • Million
    • London
    • Business
    • British
    • External
    • Founded
  • ds smith
    • Smith
    • Packaging
    • Announced
    • Europe
    • Operations
    • Plc
    • Million
    • London
    • Business
    • British
    • External
    • Founded
  • london stock exchange
    • Listed
    • Exchange
    • Stock
    • International
    • London
    • Plc
    • Paper
    • February
    • Smith
    • Agreed
    • External
    • Founded
  • international paper
    • Paper
    • Stock
    • London
    • External
    • Founded
    • History
    • References
    • Company
    • Agreed
    • February
    • Listed
    • Net
  • history
    • External
    • Founded
    • References
    • Net
    • Operations
    • Plc
    • Website
    • International
    • Million
    • London
    • Paper
    • Smith
  • spicers
    • Office
    • Products
    • July
    • Business
    • Approximately
    • Net
    • Billion
    • Million
    • Packaging
    • Acquired
    • Company

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For DS Smith, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects DS Smith with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
DS SmithHistory · splits 4 ⟂ 9
DS SmithOverview · splits 10 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

DS Smith

Nodes13
Edges12
Triples17
Avg. degree1.85
Density0.153846
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around DS Smith to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Art, Regions & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — DS Smith · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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