# Smurfit Kappa agrees $20bn merger with WestRock

Smurfit Kappa and WestRock signed a merger agreement valued at about $20 billion, creating the world's largest packaging company by revenue. The Consello Group advised WestRock.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2023-09-12
- Value: $20.0B
- Status: announced
- Products: containerboard, corrugated packaging, consumer packaging

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [consello.com](https://consello.com/news/westrock-announces-20bn-merger-agreement-with-smurfit-kappa/), 2023-09-12: "The Consello Group acted as financial advisor to WestRock... in its $20 billion merger agreement with Europe's largest paper and packaging producer, Smurfit Kappa."

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