Smurfit-Stone Container Corportation

Company History: 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. It merged with Kappa Packaging in 2005, changing its name to Smurfit Kappa.

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