Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
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| Financial Information | ||
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| 2002 | 2001 | |
| Net Sales (US$M) | 7,483 | 8,377 |
| Net Earnings (US$M) | 65 | 77 |
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation Template:Nasdaq is an American paperboard and paper-based packaging company based in Chicago, Illinois. It has approximately 38,600 employees.
Smurfit-Stone was formed in 1998 as a result of the merger between Jefferson Smurfit Corp. (JSC) and Stone Container Corp. In May 2000 Smurfit-Stone acquired St. Laurent Paperboard Inc. and in September 2002, the company acquired a containerboard mill and related operations in Stevenson, Alabama from MeadWestvaco.
External links
- Company web site (http://www.smurfit-stone.net/content/homepage.asp)