Smurfit Kappa, WestRock agree to merger
Smurfit, a familiar name in Jacksonville when the city was known for the smell of paper mills in the 1980s and 1990s, is making a comeback in North...
Smurfit, a familiar name in Jacksonville when the city was known for the smell of paper mills in the 1980s and 1990s, is making a comeback in Northeast Florida. Dublin, Ireland-based Smurfit Kappa Group and Atlanta-based WestRock Co., which operates several facilities in Jacksonville and Fernandina Beach, announced a merger agreement Sept. 12. The merged company will be known as Smurfit WestRock and headquartered in Dublin, with a North and South American headquarters in Atlanta. It will be a return to the past for the Northeast Florida facilities, which were once a part of the Smurfit paper and packaging empire.