Smurfit-Stone Container
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (NYSE: SSCC) was a global paperboard and paper-based packaging company based in Creve Coeur, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois, with approximately 21,000 employees. In 2007, Smurfit-Stone was ranked 13 in PricewaterhouseCoopers' "Top 100" forest, paper, and packaging companies in the world (ranked by sales revenue). The company is also among the world's largest paper recyclers.
Rock-Tenn (NYSE: RKT) bought the company in a $3.5 billion deal that closed in May 2011.
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