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Jefferson Smurfit Jefferson Smurfit is to merge with Kappa Packaging to create the largest cardboard box manufacturer in Europe. 14-Sep-2005 Jefferson Smurfit has acquired the Chelmsford-based stationery business of CA Coutts for £2.2m. 27-Aug-2002 Jefferson Smurfit, the Irish packaging group, is to undergo a £2.4bn management buy-out backed by US private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners. 18-Jun-2002 De La Rue has acquired an 85% stake in Sequoia, the US supplier of voting equipment, from Jefferson Smurfit for £24m. 30-May-2002 Jefferson Smurfit is acquiring St Laurent Paperboard of Canada for £870m, through its Chicago-based Smurfit-Stone Container division. 28-Feb-2000 Jefferson Smurfit is planning to acquire Norcor in a £18m deal, in order to strengthen its position in the UK packaging market. 24-Dec-1999 Jefferson Smurfit has announced a £5m reorganisation into three separate divisions - corrugated, paper and specialities - in response to slower growth in the paper and packaging industry. 10-Sep-1999 Jefferson Smurfit is selling the Condat paper mill in France to CVC Capital Partners for £180m. 19-Sep-1998 Jefferson Smurfit has acquired a 50% stake in Macmillan Bathurst, the Canadian corrugated container company, for £76m. 09-Sep-1998 Jefferson Smurfit is in discussions with CVC Capital Partners about the sale of its stake in Smurfit Condat, the French coated wood-free mill. 20-Aug-1998 Jefferson Smurfit is increasing its stake in Nettingsdorfer Papierfabrik Aktiengesellschaft, the Austrian paper producer, from 27% to 75% at a cost of £46m. 27-Jul-1998 Jefferson Smurfit has sold CDI, the French high-grade waste paper business, to Interseroh of Germany for £22m. 05-Jun-1998 Jefferson Smurfit's US affiliate is acquiring Stone Container for £1.4bn to create the largest pure paper-based packaging group in the world, and the new group will be called Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation. 12-May-1998 Jefferson Smurfit Corporation of the US, which is 46.5% owned by the Irish packaging group, has confirmed that it is in discussions to merge with Stone Container in order to create the largest container board producer in North America. 29-Apr-1998 Jefferson Smurfit is said to be considering a plan to merge its US corrugated cardboard business with Stone Container, the US cardboard company, in order to reduce competitive pressure in the sector. 23-Apr-1998 Jefferson Smurfit is said to be considering plans to acquire a paper plant in Brazil, and is also looking at the possibility of taking control of its US associate or merging it with another North American group. 01-Apr-1998 Smurfit Carton y Papel, a Mexican subsidiary of Jefferson Smurfit, has sold its plastics division to Owens Illinois of the US for £5.2m. 20-Jan-1998 Jefferson Smurfit has sold its US plastics drums business to Russell Stanley for about £44m. 11-Nov-1997 Jefferson Smurfit is to invest $120m in the expansion of its Mexican business, including a new corrugated plant, five extra sheet plants and increased paper-making capacity. 01-Nov-1997 Jefferson Smurfit has acquired two corrugated box and board producers in Germany for £26m. 07-Aug-1997 Jefferson Smurfit has bought a paper production factory at Sorpel in Portugual, and is looking to buy a second plant near Porto. 14-Feb-1996 Jefferson Smurfit has appointed Albert Reynolds, the former Irish prime minister, to its board. 06-Feb-1996 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007