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Q: What does TSI think about Smurfit Westrock? This packaging company/stock looks interesting. Thanks.

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A: Smurfit Westrock plc, $40.44, symbol SW on New York (Shares outstanding: 522.0 million; Market cap: $20.5 billion; www.smurfitwestrock.com), makes paper-based packaging. The company got its start in July 2024 through a merger between Smurfit Kappa Group plc and WestRock Company. Pre-merger, Smurfit was one of the leading corrugated packaging manufacturers in Europe and Latin America. WestRock Company was a North American leader in the corrugated and consumer packaging segment. Today, the combined company’s shares trade on both the New York Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange. The company has its headquarters in Ireland. Smurfit Westrock mostly produces paper-based packaging products from raw materials like wood and recovered fiber. Its main product categories are corrugated containers made from containerboard and consumer packaging made from paperboard. The company also produces other grades of board, such as solidboard, kraft paper and graphic board. In addition to Smurfit Westrock’s operations in North America, Latin America, and Europe, it has plants in Asia, Africa and Australia. The company currently…