DS Smith, an International Paper Company, has been honoured by Nestlé Germany with the ‘Lighthouse Award’ at the annual Supplier Awards, a special distinction recognising suppliers who set benchmarks and demonstrate role model qualities.
Every two years, Nestlé Germany evaluates around 5,000 suppliers as part of the Supplier Awards. Among the top 20 suppliers, the best are honoured in the Bronze, Silver and Gold categories, as well as receiving the Lighthouse Award as a special distinction. DS Smith received this significant recognition from Nestlé Germany for its long-standing, reliable partnership and exceptional customer support.
Left to right: Ksenia Stumpf (Nestlé) presents the Lighthouse Award to André Bernhard, Marco Hilpert and Renate Vilceanu of DS Smith.
DS Smith has been a supplier to Nestlé for more than 35 years. In its comments, Nestlé particularly highlighted DS Smith’s ability to deliver reliably even under tight deadlines and whilst managing a large number of parallel projects: DS Smith is a true ‘MacGyver of displays’ – the company had managed to produce displays, for which a six-week lead time is the standard, within three weeks following a last-minute adjustment to the delivery schedule.
