Tony Smurfit

Merged packaging giant Smurfit WestRock begins trading on Wall Street

Shares edge up as executives look to merge businesses amid improving business environment for the sector

Smurfit Kappa gets the nod from regulators to complete WestRock merger

Deal worth €23.4bn subject to High Court approval, with shares in new entity Smurfit WestRock to begin trading on New York Stock Exchange on Monday

Smurfit Kappa sees cardboard box demand recover as WestRock merger on track for July

Demand for cardboard boxes had slumped following a pandemic-fuelled spike in demand for durable goods

Smurfit Kappa declines to unpack details of WestRock acquisition

Dublin agm told 2023 had been Smurfit Kappa’s second-best financial year, with revenue of more than €11 billion

Smurfit Kappa executives get €10m in share awards under bonus schemes

Chief executive Tony Smurfit granted just under 98,000 share awards worth €4.1 million

Tension, a pay scandal and farewells: the business world’s winners and losers of 2023

A tech sector slowdown coupled with rising interest rates gave many a year to forget

The Irish Times Business Person of the Month: Tony Smurfit, chief executive of Smurfit Kappa

In September, Dublin-based Smurfit Kappa agreed a deal to acquire WestRock in the United States to form what will become the world’s biggest packaging group

Smurfit shareholders may regret WestRock merger

WestRock shares have underperformed partly because its own history of acquisitions has resulted in a sizable debt burden

Special delivery: How shifting fortunes brought US boxmaker WestRock to Smurfit Kappa

WestRock, the US’s second-largest paper packaging group, once harboured ambitions of snapping up Smurfit Kappa, but has now become a willing target of Ireland’s first multinational

Moody’s may upgrade Smurfit Kappa credit rating on WestRock deal

Group's net debt stands at €3.17 billion

Smurfit Kappa shares slump as investors digest owning 50.4% of group after WestRock merger

Irish group’s CEO Tony Smurfit to lead merged group, which will be known as Smurfit WestRock

Smurfit Kappa seeks to take advantage of packaging downturn to buy US rival

Market Beat: The timing of the deal to bring Smurfit together with WestRock reflects depressed valuations in the sector

Smurfit Kappa eyes Irish market exit amid $19bn merger talks

Dublin-based packaging firm nearing agreement with US firm WestRock

John Burns: H&M says goodbye to Dublin city centre store

Any Other Business: H&M shuts Dublin store, BoyleSports overseas, Smurfit on carbon capture, Irish AI strategy, and GPO museum banners

Straight-talking Smurfit CEO sets an example for his peers

Tony Smurfit gave a direct answer to a direct question. Business needs more of that.

Smurfit Kappa sales fall as cardboard box sales dip in weakening economy

Group signals confidence in its prospects by increasing interim dividend by 6%

Smurfit Kappa revenue rises in first quarter

Challenges for firm included higher costs and war in Ukraine, chief executive says

Chief executives of leading firms see pay double from pre-Covid levels

Bonuses drive executive rewards as business booms on back of pandemic stimulus

Irish ‘junk bond’ devotees get houses in order as market sours

Joe Brennan: Smurfit Kappa has been one of the darlings of the Irish market recently

Smurfit Kappa results top expectations despite €675m inflation bill

Packaging group’s earnings advance 13% to €1.7bn to exceed stock market calculations

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