Tony Smurfit

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

Group's net debt stands at €3.17 billion

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

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

Dublin-based packaging firm nearing agreement with US firm WestRock

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Science Based Targets initiative approves packaging giant’s plans

Attitude towards international tax domicile may changes with future governments

Firm’s revenues rose 15% to €7.3bn over the first nine months of the year

Company is focused on helping SMEs comply with data protection and privacy laws

Some 69 per cent of consumers do not always trust brands and retailers that claim to be sustainable

The all-expenses-paid junket may never again the feature of the corporate world it once was

Smurfit reports 11% rise in revenue and 8% increase in profit for first six months of year

Median CEO compensation package falls almost 36 per cent to €1.2 million however

Covid-19 may have hit some pay packets hard, but the leaders of the Top 1000 may have fared better

Packaging giant expands its footprint in South America

Group’s corrugated box volumes rose by 7% both in Europe and the Americas

Review of maximum potential awards follows 12% share price rise last year

With its share price at an all-time high, Smurfit Kappa chief Tony Smurfit has been vindicated in his decision to reject a rival offer three years ago

Bullish outlook from packaging group on back of ecommerce and sustainability issues

Smurfit Kappa boss is hailed for his leadership during Covid-19 pandemic

Market Watch: CPL’s new owners lock in Anne Heraty

Cardboard box-maker poised to take advantage of shift to sustainable packaging

Cardboard box-maker forecasts full-year earnings will decline as much as 11.5%

Covid-19 impact on shares, earnings and dividends set to weigh on remuneration

Covid-19 knocks sales by 9% in first half of the year for packaging giant as demand falls

Company joins slew of firms scrapping payouts in wake of virus’s financial ripple effect

Seen & Heard: banks may ration lending and retailers seek rent supports

Sales hit €9bn, as earnings rose 7% to a record €1.65bn in 2019

In Paris to receive a business award, Tony Smurfit talks about sustainable packaging, Brexit and France

Packaging group announces 11 per cent jump in earnings for nine months to end of September

CEOs have secured collective pay rise of 13% while employee salaries rise just 1.5%

Irish-founded company says it will ‘vigorously’ appeal competition authority decision

First-half earnings rise 17 per cent to €847m with European sales helped by higher pricing