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Tony Smurfit: Merger with WestRock will help us be loved

Tony Smurfit says newly merged entity will be biggest paper and packaging group in the world ‘by a factor’

Merger between Smurfit Kappa and WestRock will create a new entity worth nearly $20bn. Picture: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg

The merger deal agreed between Smurfit Kappa and WestRock, which will create the world’s biggest paper and packaging group, will close a “very big gap” ...