Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation - SWOT Analysis

Datamonitor's Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation - SWOT Analysis company profile is the essential source for top-level company data and information. The report examines the company's key business structure and operations, history and products, and provides summary analysis of its key revenue lines and strategy.

Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (Smurfit-Stone) is an integrated manufacturer of paperboard and paper-based packaging, including containerboard and corrugated containers. The company is also one of the world's largest paper recycler. Smurfit-Stone is a holding company with no business operations of its own. Smurfit-Stone conducts its business operations through its wholly-owned subsidiary Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises (SSCE). The company primarily operates in the US and Canada. It is head quartered in Chicago, Illinois and employed about 22,700 people as of December 31, 2007. The company recorded revenues of $7,420 million during the fiscal year ended December 2007 (FY2007), an increase of 3.7% over FY2006. The operating profit of the company was $305 million during FY2007, an increase of 10.5% over FY2006. The net loss of the company was recorded at $115 million in FY2007 as compared to net loss of $71 million in FY2006.

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