Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation was the world's largest manufacturer of paperboard and paper-based packaging products, including containerboard, corrugated containers, folding cartons, paper bags and sacks, and kraft paper. The company's facilities numbered some 350 in 18 countries. Smurfit-Stone was formed in 1998 through the merger of Stone Container Corporation and Jefferson Smurfit Corporation.
Stone Container's beginnings went back to 1926 when Joseph Stone, a Russian immigrant, left his position as a salesman for a paper jobber and, with his life savings of $1,500 and his sons Norman and Marvin, created J.H. Stone & Sons.
Ireland-based packaging conglomerate Jefferson Smurfit Group plc built a U.S. base through a series of shrewd acquisitions of financially troubled paper companies, which Smurfit swiftly turned around. It made its first move into the United States in 1974 when it acquired a 40 percent interest in Time Industries Inc., a small ($32 million in sales) Chicago-based maker of paperboard and packaging products. By 1977 Smurfit had gained full ownership of Time Industries, which was renamed Smurfit Industries Inc.
On May 27, 2011, Rock-Tenn, now WestRock, completed its $3.5 billion takeover of Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.
Company Details
- Employees
- 19
- Address
- Atlanta, Us
- Industry
- Packaging & Containers
- Website
- http://www.smurfit-stone.com
- HQ
- Atlanta
Smurfit-Stone/westrock Questions
Smurfit-Stone/Westrock's website is http://www.smurfit-stone.com
Smurfit-Stone/Westrock's LinkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/company/smurfit-stone-westrock
Smurfit-Stone/Westrock has
19 employees.
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employees at Smurfit-Stone/Westrock.
Smurfit-Stone/Westrock's industry is
Packaging & Containers
Smurfit-Stone/Westrock's top competitors are
Kadant,
Smurfit Westrock,
Graphic Packaging International,
Smurfit Kappa,
Westrock Company,
Mondi Group,
Rocktenn,
International Paper,
Smurfit Westrock Packaging Solutions,
Westrock Brasil.
Smurfit-Stone/Westrock's categories are Packaging & Containers
