Q1 2021 DS Smith PLC Trading Statement Call Transcript

Sep 07, 2021 / 07:00AM GMT
Operator

Hello, and welcome to the DS Smith AGM Trading Statements Call. My name is Rosie, and I'll be your coordinator for today's event. Please note, this call is being recorded. (Operator Instructions)

I will now hand you over to Miles Roberts to begin today's conference. Thank you.

Miles W. Roberts - DS Smith Plc - Group Chief Executive & Executive Director

Good morning, everybody. And firstly, thank you for joining us today. I'm Miles Roberts, the group's Chief Executive, and I'm joined by -- with Adrian Marsh, our CFO. Our statement today covers our trading for the period since the 1st of May.

I'd like to start by saying I really am very pleased with the progress that we've made in the financial year-to-date. We have continued to build on our strong customer relationships, resulting in really excellent volume growth, really right across the business, and good progress towards recovering the increasing cost of production through higher prices.

Our box volumes have grown very strongly versus the comparable period last year and also

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