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Irish group’s tie-up with US rival will create world’s largest packaging company
The tie-up would create the world’s largest paper and packaging group by sales and be worth $30bn
Europe’s biggest packaging company says it would shift primary listing to US should deal complete
With the bulk of packaging demand coming from food and fast-moving consumer goods, investors are right to be cautious
Companies from newspapers to asset manager Abrdn are already feeling the effects of high prices and a supply crunch
Concerns rise as gas prices jump to records after reduced Russian imports increase winter demand
Explosive growth of ecommerce has alerted investors to unglamorous business of cardboard boxes
Smurfit Kappa chief says profits hit by cost of waste paper as demand spurred by online boom
Silver Lake and Nestlé lead €3.5bn vet group investment, Persimmon flags cladding issues
Pandemic means weaker volumes and lower earnings
Cardboard packaging maker’s cautious approach to expansion in fragmented sector is commendable
Dublin complains to government after group charged with price speculation
Civil servants can’t be blamed for failing to see through outsourcer’s opaque methods
Irish group was right to say the proposed bid undervalued its business
Irish packaging group under mounting pressure over IP approaches
Dublin-based company is unlikely to fold, unless the price is right
US group says combination of two makes ‘compelling strategic and financial rationale’
Approach would value Smurfit Kappa equity at roughly €8.9bn
US bid for packaging group Smurfit Kappa threatens to deprive Ireland of local champion
Both prey and predator fail to hit the right notes in parliamentary performance
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