Smurfit Kappa releases new lightweight pallet topper
22nd Nov 2018 08:40
(Sharecast News) - Smurfit Kappa has invented a sustainable new alternative for the heavy wooden, chipboard and plastic boards that are used to protect palletised products during transport and storage, it announced on Thursday.
Read moreBoardroom veteran Irial Finan to chair Smurfit Kappa
31st Oct 2018 09:43
(Sharecast News) - Smurfit Kappa Group announced the appointment of Irial Finan as its chair-designate on Wednesday, effective immediately.
Read moreSmurfit Kappa buys two Serbian facilities
31st Oct 2018 09:35
(Sharecast News) - Smurfit Kappa Group has agreed to acquire the Fabrika Hartije d.o.o. Beograd (FHB) paper mill and the Avala Ada d.o.o. Beograd (Avala Ada) corrugated plant in Belgrade, for a consideration of €133m, from Kappa Star Group, it announced on Wednesday.
Read moreSmurfit Kappa sees decent growth after third quarter
31st Oct 2018 07:13
(Sharecast News) - Smurfit Kappa Group updated the market on its trading for the nine months ended 30 September on Wednesday, reporting 7% growth in group underlying revenue year-on-year.
Read moreSmurfit Kappa breaks ground on rebuild of recovery boiler
23rd Oct 2018 07:44
(Sharecast News) - Smurfit Kappa has begun the rebuild of a recovery boiler with a ground-breaking ceremony at its Nettingsdorf Paper Mill in Austria, it announced on Tuesday.
Read moreSector movers: Damaged packages, telecoms called up
10th Oct 2018 14:42
(Sharecast News) - Telecoms stocks were ringing up gains on Wednesday, while packaging companies were dented.
Read moreEmissions down, profitability up as Smurfit Kappa installs new equipment in Kent
27th Sep 2018 07:54
(Sharecast News) - Smurfit Kappa announced on Thursday that it has begun operating a "sophisticated" combined heat and power plant (CHP) to reduce emissions and increase the profitability of its Townsend Hook Paper Mill in Kent.
Read moreSmurfit Kappa hands over Venezuelan operations to government
24th Sep 2018 15:24
(Sharecast News) - Corrugated packaging group Smurfit Kappa has handed over full responsibility for its Venezuelan operations to the government there and will write down net assets of around €60m as a result.
Read moreSmurfit Kappa shows off new 'Shelf Facer' solution
21st Sep 2018 08:16
(Sharecast News) - Smurfit Kappa talked up its new 'ShelfSmart' service in an announcement on Friday, including its new packaging solution, 'Shelf Facer'.
Read moreSmurfit Kappa launches sustainable packaging initiative
11th Sep 2018 08:53
(Sharecast News) - Smurfit Kappa launched what it dubbed the 'Smurfit Kappa Better Planet Packaging' initiative on Tuesday, which the board said built on the company's expertise in packaging, innovation and sustainability.
Read moreVenezuelan govt takes temporary control of Smurfit subsidiary, detains 2 employees
29th Aug 2018 14:47
(Sharecast News) - Corrugated packaging company Smurfit Kappa said the Venezuelan government has taken control of its business in Venezuela for 90 days and detained two of its employees.
Read moreSmurfit Kappa 'entirely refutes' Venezuelan government's accusations
23rd Aug 2018 14:30
(Sharecast News) - Irish corrugated packaging group Smurfit Kappa said on Thursday that following two days of inspection by the Venezuelan government at its subsidiary there, a number of allegations have been made which the company "entirely refutes".
Read moreSector movers: Market chatter stocks gains in Wood Group, Paper Packaging
22nd Aug 2018 13:25
(Sharecast News) - Cyclicals are pacing gains on a quiet day of summer trading on Wednesday, with analyst chatter dictating market moves, with what traders are left about in the City for the most part opting to sit on their hands ahead of tomorrow's expected conclusion, for now, of two days of trade talks between China and the US, even as they mull over the potential implications of the political storm unfolding over Capitol Hill.
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Paper, scissors, rock...Smurfit at the top
1st Aug 2018 16:17
(Sharecast News) - Papers, scissors, rocks.. Smurfit at the top.
Read moreSmurfit Kappa posts higher profit after thwarting International Paper
1st Aug 2018 08:02
(Sharecast News) - Smurfit Kappa's first-half profit jumped by almost half after the corrugated packaging company fought off an attempted takeover by International Paper of the US.
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