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Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation - Definition and Overview |
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| | 2002 | 2001 |
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| Net Sales (US$M) | 7,483 | 8,377
| | Net Earnings (US$M) | 65 | 77
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Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (NASDAQ: SSCC (http://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/SummaryQuote.asp?symbol=SSCC&selected=SSCC)) 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.
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Example Usage of Smurfit-Stone |
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CoyPaper: Smurfit-Stone announced containerboard price increase - same as International Paper, Georgia-Pacific and Temple-Inland |
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3PLNews: Smurfit-Stone Files Plan of Reorganization, Aims to Emerge From Chapter 11 in Spring 2010 http://is.gd/5biro |
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salebusiness: UPDATE 1-Smurfit-Stone files reorganization plan-http://bit.ly/7M1aDS |
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