An additional business that the DS Smith Plastics segment contains is an important speciality business: StePac, which specialises in modified atmosphere packaging for preserving the quality of fresh fruit and vegetables in transit and in medical product packaging.

The Xtend® and Xsense™ brands serve the fresh produce industry with post-harvest, modified atmosphere/humidity packaging solutions custom engineered for each fruit/vegetable type while the Carerite® sterilization and infection control brand is sold to medical, dental and veterinary clinics.

Stepac (modified atmosphere food packaging and medical products)