Smurfit-Stone closes sheet plant, launches interactive web site.Smurfit-Stone Container Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (NASDAQ: SSCC) 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. Corp. has discontinued operations Discontinued operations Divisions of a business that have been sold or written off and that no longer are maintained by the business. at its Braintree, Massachusetts For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Braintree, please see the article Braintree (CDP), Massachusetts. Braintree is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 33,828 at the 2000 census. , USA, sheet plant facility. The plant manufactured various corrugated cor·ru·gate v. cor·ru·gat·ed, cor·ru·gat·ing, cor·ru·gates v.tr. To shape into folds or parallel and alternating ridges and grooves. v.intr. packaging products. The company plans to gradually transfer production to the nearby Mansfield, Massachusetts, sheet plant over a three-month period. The Braintree plant will complete final operations by mid-March, and the facility will be permanently closed by the end of March, affecting approximately 20 employees, including 17 hourly and 3 salaried workers. In other news, Smurfit-Stone launched a new web site, www.ssccboardsales.com, for the company's containerboard sales division. The interactive site features news and information about Smurfit-Stone containerboard products, mills, and sales office locations. |
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