Smurfit Kappa said it will buy Dutch paper and recycling firm Reparenco for about €460m, increasing the intrigue as it continues to try and see off a takeover bid from rival International Paper (IP) of the US.

Irish paper and packaging giant Smurfit Kappa has rejected a raised takeover offer from US rival International Paper, but a sharp 3.4% fall in Smurfit shares may well signal the hostile suitor is so far winning the €8.9bn bidding war.

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Smurfit Kappa shares rose 3% as the international box-packaging firm posted rises in revenue and margins on the economic recovery in the EU.

Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) is set to spend more than €400m this year on organic investments and acquisitions, with €177m already spent in the first half.

Dublin-based paper and packaging group Smurfit Kappa has the ability to spend up to €1bn on acquisitions this year without harming its balance sheet or breaching its lending covenants, management has said.

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US private equity house Madison Dearborn Partners has reached initial agreement to buy Irish-founded packaging company Powerflute less than a year after failing at the first attempt.

Shares in Irish packaging company Smurfit Kappa fell by more than 3% yesterday despite a significant uptick in profitability in the opening six months of the year.

Paper and packaging group Smurfit Kappa is to switch its primary share listing from Dublin to London next month in a move aimed at expanding its investor base and gaining access to the FTSE index.

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Packaging group Smurfit Kappa has appointed Tony Smurfit as chief executive-designate to take over in August when Gary McGann retires after 13 years as CEO.

Dublin-based paper and packaging group Smurfit Kappa has, reportedly, emerged as a possible €8bn takeover target for US industry giant International Paper.

Here’s a run down of today’s business headlines.

Paper and packaging giant Smurfit Kappa Group will return surplus cash to shareholders this year if it fails to land any target acquisitions.

Packaging group Smurfit Kappa achieved a 79% increase in profits in the first six months of the year compared to the same period of 2013, it was announced yesterday.

Around 150 workers at Dublin-based packaging firm Smurfit Kappa Dublin are to receive a pay increase after a Labour Court recommendation.

The US wife of Irish property developer John Flynn is asking the Commercial Court to declare she has no interest in a Dublin office park as part of Nama’s bid to recover a €22m debt owed by the Flynn family.

The Irish exchange is back in the big time, with the US also booming again, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

The K Club’s Ryder Cup course has been voted the country’s top parkland course for 2014 by readers of Golfing Weekly. Its sister course at the Straffan estate, the Smurfit Course, came in at No 15.

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Venezuela’s first currency devaluation for two years will see €142m wiped off the value of Smurfit Kappa’s net assets in the country, the Dublin-headquartered paper and packaging giant has announced.

Irish packaging group Smurfit Kappa posted an 11% rise in full-year pre-tax profit, buoyed by strong demand and increased exposure to high-growth markets such as Mexico.

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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.

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Google is the largest exporting company in the country with total exports for 2011 reaching €10.1bn, which is a 55% increase on the €6.5bn of exports posted by the internet giant in 2010.

Smurfit Kappa this week announced a big jump in its pre-tax profits.

Packaging group Smurfit Kappa will reinstate its dividend following a two-year hiatus after successfully lowering its debt and on the back of an improved outlook.

British property investment firm Development Securities has formally announced its intention to acquire assets from Nama believed to be developer Gerry Gannon’s property portfolio in Britain.

IRISH packaging group Smurfit Kappa triggered concerns about its profit outlook for next year yesterday after flagging a slowing pace of demand growth in Europe.

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VENEZUELAN President Hugo Chavez ordered the removal of Irish cardboard maker Smurfit Kappa Group Plc from all its farm land in an agricultural state as he deepens a push to seize large land holdings from private owners.

PACKAGING groupSmurfit Kappa’s second- quarter earnings rose by a better-than-expected 20% after it offset higher input costs by raising prices and cutting costs elsewhere, and as demand for its products increased.

BUSINESSMAN Denis O’Brien paid former Communications Minister Michael Lowry £147,000 via two conduits which also involved off-shore cash transfers, the Moriarty Tribunal has found.

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.

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