Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation is an American paperboard and paper-based packaging company based in Chicago, Illinois. It has approximately 38,600 employees.
| Financial Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2001 | |
| Net Sales (US$M) | 7,483 | 8,377 |
| Net Earnings (US$M) | 65 | 77 |
Its stock symbol on the Nasdaq is SSCC.
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.
