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	2002	2001
Net Sales (US$M)	7,483	8,377
Net Earnings (US$M)	65	77

'Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation' () is an American paperboard and paper-based packaging company based in Chicago, Illinois. It has approximately 38,600 employees.
Smurfit-Stone was formed in 1998 as a result of the merger between 'Jefferson Smurfit Corp.' (JSC) and 'Stone Container Corp.' In May 2000 Smurfit-Stone acquired 'St. Laurent Paperboard Inc.' and in September 2002, the company acquired a containerboard mill and related operations in Stevenson, Alabama from MeadWestvaco. The companies headquarters are in the Stone Container Building in Chicago.

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Environmental record

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have identified Smurfit-Stone as the 62nd-largest corporate producer of air pollution in the United States, with roughly 17.5 million pounds of toxic chemicals released annually into the air.^[1] Major pollutants indicated by the study include sulfuric acid, manganese compounds, and acetaldehyde.^[2]

References

1. Political Economy Research Institute Toxic 100 (Study released May 11, 2006) retrieved 17 Aug 2007
2. Toxics Release Inventory courtesy rtknet.org

External links

★ Company web site