Smurfit-Stone Container
Former paperboard and packaging company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the building, see Smurfit-Stone Building.
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation was a global paperboard and paper-based packaging company based in Creve Coeur, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois, with approximately 21,000 employees.[1] In 2007, Smurfit-Stone was ranked 13 in PricewaterhouseCoopers' "Top 100" forest, paper, and packaging companies in the world as ranked by sales revenue.[2] The company was also among the world's largest paper recyclers.
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Founded | November 1998; 25 years ago (1998-11) |
Headquarters | , United States |
Parent | Rock-Tenn (from 2011) |
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Rock-Tenn bought the company in a $3.5 billion deal that closed in May 2011.[3] Rock-Tenn is now known as WestRock.