The Linde Safety Guard at Smurfit Kappa LithoPac
In action to improve safety
Smurfit Kappa
- Founded: 1934
- Employees: 46,000
- Revenue: 8.5 billion
Smurfit Kappa is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of paper-based packaging. Each year, the company produces 11.7 billion square metres of packaging. Smurfit Kappa LithoPac, based in Nybro, specialises in offset printed corrugated packaging.
Safety is of the utmost importance for Smurfit Kappa LithoPac, who are based in Nybro. The Linde Safety Guard assistance system guarantees the high standard of protection that the company has always been proud of.
In areas where people are working with forklift trucks at high speed, safety is paramount. In order to prevent accidents, in 2021, Smurfit Kappa LithoPac equipped all its staff and forklifts with the Linde Safety Guard system.
The Linde Safety Guard detects risks, giving forklift operators and pedestrians plenty of time to react.
At Smurfit Kappa LithoPac, the entire system was tailored to the specific requirements of the company. This kind of tailored solution is easy to implement due to the modular nature of the system.
“We want to add image projectors to the Linde Safety Guard system so that it can project a warning sign onto the floor in areas where the forklift may cross paths with pedestrians,” says Ulf Sigfridsson, Head of Procurement at Smurfit Kappa LithoPac.
