Smurfit WestRock plc (NYSE: SW) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
Smurfit WestRock plc is a global manufacturer of paper-based packaging solutions, operating across paper, containerboard, corrugated packaging, and recycling sectors.
Smurfit WestRock plc
Smurfit WestRock plc is a global manufacturer of paper-based packaging solutions, operating across paper, containerboard, corrugated packaging, and recycling sectors. Formed through the combination of Smurfit Kappa and WestRock, the company produces corrugated containers, paperboard, consumer packaging, bag-in-box systems, and specialized packaging machinery for industries such as food, beverage, healthcare, e-commerce, and industrial goods. It manages integrated operations encompassing virgin fiber forestry, recovered paper collection, paper mills, and converting facilities worldwide. The company provides circular packaging design, supply chain optimization services, and automated packaging equipment to help businesses manage sustainable packaging strategies.
Snapshot
Operations
Products and/or services of Smurfit WestRock plc
- Corrugated Packaging: Manufacturing of paper-based corrugated containers, e-commerce packaging, and industrial shipping boxes, producing over 220 billion square feet annually across global converting plants serving food, beverage, consumer, and industrial markets.
- Paper and Containerboard: Production of virgin and recycled paperboard, containerboard, kraft paper rolls, and solid board, maintaining an annual manufacturing capacity of approximately 23 million tons across an integrated network of paper mills.
- Recycling Operations: Collection and processing of recovered paper and fiber from commercial and municipal waste streams, processing approximately 13.1 million tons of recycled material annually to supply raw fiber for containerboard and paperboard mills.
- Packaging Machinery: Design and installation of automated packaging equipment, including case formers, tray erectors, bag-in-box filling systems, e-commerce automated mailer machinery, and right-size box-on-demand systems for customer manufacturing and fulfillment facilities.
- Retail Displays and Signage: Engineering and production of temporary and permanent point-of-sale merchandising displays, free-standing display units, custom pallet displays, high-graphics packaging, and out-of-home promotional signage using shopper insight analytics to enhance retail performance.
- Sustainable Forestry: Direct management and sustainable timber sourcing from certified forestry tracts and private landowners, supplying virgin wood fiber under forest management and chain-of-custody certifications to feed paper manufacturing operations.
Smurfit WestRock plc executive team
- Mr. Anthony Paul J. SmurfitPresident, Group CEO & Director
- Mr. Ken BowlesExecutive VP, Group CFO & Executive Director
- Mr. Ben GarrenEVP & Group General Counsel
- Mr. Laurent SellierPresident & Chief Executive Officer North America (Including Mexico)
- Mr. Saverio MayerPresident & Chief Executive Officer of Europe, MEA & APAC
- Ms. Irene PageGroup Chief Accounting Officer
- Ciaran PottsHead of Investor Relations
- Ms. Sharon WhiteheadChief Human Resources Officer
- Mr. Garrett QuinnGroup Chief Sustainability Officer
- Mr. Alvaro Jose HenaoPresident & CEO of LATAM