Societe Moderne D’Emballage

What they make

According to their website, SOMODEM is a French packaging manufacturer based in Dourdan (Essonne), founded in 1978 by Patrick Verrons, who started the business from his family home in Etampes before it moved via Mereville to its current two-building industrial site. The company designs and fabricates made-to-order transport and logistics packaging in three main materials: corrugated cardboard (double and triple flute), wood, and a hybrid wood-cardboard system it calls WRAP. Wooden output ranges from standard crates to XXL formats, flat-pack/knock-down versions, removable-face designs and internally compartmented cases. Protective cushioning is produced in polyurethane, polyethylene and cellular foam, cut and shaped to individual products. Additional items include pallets with plastic feet, wheeled crates, polypropylene containers and flight-case cladding. SOMODEM keeps roughly 15,000 square meters of cardboard sheet and over 500 cubic meters of wood and plywood in stock, allowing quick response on urgent, small-series orders. It holds NIMP 15 phytosanitary certification for wood packaging and builds crates to the GALIA dimensional standard used in the automotive industry, alongside a catalogue of more than 1,200 standard packaging references.

• Custom-designed corrugated cardboard packaging in double and triple flute board, manufactured in-house
• Wooden crates and cases, including XXL formats, flat-pack/knock-down versions, removable-face and internally compartmented designs
• WRAP hybrid packaging combining wood and corrugated cardboard construction
• Cut-to-fit cushioning and protective inserts in polyurethane, polyethylene and cellular/honeycomb foam
• Ancillary packaging items: pallets with plastic feet, wheeled wooden crates, polypropylene containers, flight-case cladding, protective edge strips and carrying handles
• Large in-house stock (about 15,000 sqm of cardboard sheet, 500 cubic meters of wood/plywood) supporting fast turnaround on urgent, small-batch orders
• NIMP 15 phytosanitary certification for wood packaging, and dimensions built to the GALIA automotive-industry standard
• Catalogue of over 1,200 standard packaging references alongside bespoke, made-to-order designs

Summary written by byeurope.eu based on the company’s own website; independently cross-checked against the same source. Not reviewed by the company.