Packaging company Smurfit Kappa has reported steady results for the first half of 2014, with H1 revenue of €3.95bn up 1% on the same period last year

Earnings per share at Smurfit Kappa Group are expected to grow by up to 5% next year, with the company saving more than €20 million in annual interest costs on the back of it repaying €500m worth of debt five years ahead of maturity.

Shares in paper and packaging giant Smurfit Kappa Group rose over 1% yesterday on the back of a strong set of third quarter figures and indications of improvements in the European market, which still makes up the vast majority of group revenue.

Smurfit Kappa Group has extended its reach in the UK market by acquiring a packaging company for an undisclosed sum.

Smurfit Kappa Group has extended its reach in the UK market by acquiring a packaging company for an undisclosed sum.

Paper and packaging giant Smurfit Kappa Group stands to make annual interest cost savings of around €3m, by repaying €500m of debt four years ahead of schedule.

Smurfit Kappa Group has estimated that annual revenue contribution from its markets outside of Western Europe will nearly double over the next two years.

Pre-tax profits at Smurfit Kappa Group grew by 33% — on a year-on-year basis — to €295 million, in the first nine months of this year.

Dublin-headquartered paper and packaging business Smurfit Kappa Group has agreed to acquire US containerboard manufacturer Orange County Container Group for $340m (€260m) in a deal aimed at boosting its presence in Mexico.

Dublin-based paper and packaging group Smurfit Kappa has reported a 39% year-on-year increase in first-half pre-tax profits, to €190 million.

Packaging group Smurfit Kappa saw its profit jump by 20% in the first quarter of this year, netting the company an extra €30m.

Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) chairman Liam O'Mahony told shareholders at the company's AGM this morning that 2011 "marked the second best year ever in the Group’s comparatively recent history".

Packaging firm Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) has reported a 20% annual rise in operating profits for the first quarter 2012.

IRELAND’s ISEQ index proved to be one of the better performing European exchanges yesterday, asinternational markets showed a mixed reaction to Tuesday’s between Franco- German talks

PAPER and packaging giant, Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) is set to focus further on debt reduction after knocking nearly €50m off its net debt during the first quarter of the year.

DIRECTORS’ remuneration at paper and packaging group Smurfit Kappa grew by nearly €1 million last year in the aftermath of the business returning to profit.

Smurfit Kappa today reported positive results for Q4 and full-year 2010, including a 10% increase in full-year revenues and EBITDA growth of 22%.

PAPER and packaging giant, Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) has extended its debt maturity profile to over five years, in a move which management sees as enhancing the company’s financial flexibility.

SMURFIT Kappa, one of the world’s largest producers of paper-based packaging, has delivered results in line with expectations for the third quarter of 2010.

Smurfit Kappa today posted revenues of €1.7bn for the third quarter 2010, up 12% from the same period last year.

SMURFIT Kappa Group (SKG) is expecting to generate earnings growth of around 20% this year, despite just posting a pre-tax loss of €9 million for the first half.

Smurfit Kappa Group has signed an asset swap agreement with Mondi Group which means Smurfit will acquire Mondi’s corrugated operations in the UK, while Mondi will acquire SKG’s Western European sack converting operations.

PAPER and packaging giant Smurfit Kappa Group has defended its performance over the past year, even after seeing its pre-tax losses heighten to €52 million and group revenue fall by 14%.

Smurfit Kappa Group plc (‘SKG’) today confirmed that negotiations are progressing with paper and packaging group Mondi that would involve SKG acquiring Mondi Group’s corrugated operations in the UK and Mondi Group acquiring SKG’s European sack converting operations.

SHARES in the Irish-headquartered paper and packaging group Smurfit Kappa (SKG) rose 8.24% (35c) to €4.60 yesterday, after the business reported a 73% year-on-year fall in pre-tax profits to €39m for the first half of the year.

Packaging products company Smurfitt Kappa (SKG) has seen pre-tax profits fall by 73% to €39m in the first half of this year, compared with the same period in 2008.

Smurfit Kappa announced today that its efforts to amend the terms of its credit had received the support of enough lenders to proceed.

IRISH headquartered packaging group Smurfit-Kappa (SKG) has made a loss of €11 million for 2008 and has said that it will suspend dividend payments to shareholders in light of what management referred to as “an increasingly difficult market backdrop”.

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THE Dublin-headquartered international paper and packaging giant, Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) has identified the Chinese market as a potential area for growth, but has denied it is closing in on any immediate return to the Far East.

Paper manufacturer Smurfit Kappa has announced the sale of its minority shareholding in Duropack AG Group, the group’s Austrian associate, to Constantia Packaging for €55m.

SHARES in paper and packaging giant Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) plunged almost 10% yesterday after it warned of pressure on its profit margins this year.

Packaging firm Smurfit Kappa Group plc (SKG) has today announced that it is to permanently close 130,000 tonnes of less efficient containerboard capacity.

Paper-based packaging products manufacturer Smurfit Kappa Group plc today announced results for the three months and 12 months ending December 31, 2007.

Smurfit Kappa Group has today announced that it has reached an agreement with The European Tour to conclude its sponsorship of the European Open with immediate effect.

Smurfit Kappa Group today announced that it has secured approval from its lenders and amended

Michael Smurfit is to step down as chairman of the Smurfit Kappa Group, it was revealed this afternoon.

RESULTS for the third quarter of 2006 for the Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) show net sales increased by 68% from the same period last year.

PAPER and packaging firm Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) has seen its first-half loss nearly double.

THE recently-merged Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) has reported fourth-quarter and full-year results for 2005. Net sales for the last three months of last year fell 2%, year-on-year, to €1.04 billion, with full-year net sales down by 2% at €4.2bn.