# WestRock and Smurfit Kappa sign merger agreement to form Smurfit WestRock

WestRock and Smurfit Kappa signed a merger agreement in September 2023 to create Smurfit WestRock, a publicly traded company with about $34 billion in value, 67 pulp mills and around 500 box-making plants, expected to close by March 2024 pending antitrust review.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2023-09-01
- Value: $34.0B
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 23 million tons of containerboard per year
- Products: containerboard, corrugated boxes

## Companies

- [Smurfit Kappa](https://endata.com/companies/261.md) (acquirer)
- [WestRock](https://endata.com/companies/791.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [andrestepankowsky.substack.com](https://andrestepankowsky.substack.com/p/merger-would-make-former-longview), 2023-11-21: "WestRock, the current owner of the Longview mill, and Ireland-based Smurfit Kappa in September signed a merger agreement to create a $34 billion publicly traded company with 67 pulp mills."

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