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SSCCQ - Momentum
52wk Range: 0.02 - 7.14
Volume: 19,808,874
Avg Vol (3m): 10,093,000
Profile:
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.
150 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60601
United States - Map
Phone: 312-346-6600
Fax: 314-746-1347
Web Site: http://www.smurfit-stone.com
DETAILS
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Full Time Employees: 21,300
BUSINESS SUMMARY
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation manufactures paperboard and paper-based packaging products in North America. The company produces a range of corrugated containers to protect, ship, store, and display products; and containerboards for use in the production of corrugated packaging. It also offers southern hardwood pulp, bleached southern softwood pulp, and fluff pulp, which are sold to the manufacturers of paper products; kraft paper for use in consumer and industrial bags, grocery and shopping bags, counter rolls, handle stock, and refuse bags; and solid bleached liner. In addition, Smurfit-Stone manufactures pizza boxes and corrugated clamshells for the food industry; and recyclable pallets and custom die-cut boxes to display packaged merchandise. Further, the company involves in reclamation operations, including procuring fiber resources for its paper mills, as well as for other producers. It collects, sorts, grades, and bales recovered paper, through a brokerage system. Additionally, it collects aluminum and plastics for resale to the manufacturers of these products. Further, Smurfit-Stone offers waste reduction services for the extraction of additional recyclables from the waste stream by partnering with customers. In addition, it provides custom, proprietary, and standard automated packaging machines. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. On January 26, 2009, Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, along with its affiliates, filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
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