WRKCo, Inc.
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WestRock was an American corrugated packaging company and in 2024 merged with Smurfit Kappa to become Smurfit Westrock. It was formed in July 2015 after the merger of MeadWestvaco and RockTenn. WestRock was the 2nd largest American packaging company. It was one of the world's largest paper and packaging companies with 21.3 billion in annual revenue and more than 50,000 team members in more than 300 locations in 30 countries around the world. The company was headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgia, consolidating offices from Norcross, Georgia and Richmond, Virginia.
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WRKCo, Inc. is an operating company established in 2015. It is located in Richmond, United States, and is incorporated in Delaware. The organization is classified within the paperboard containers and boxes industry.
The entity is recognized in the Sp 500 collection. It is also identified as a funder. Its fiscal year ends on September 30.
Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, SEC EDGAR, ROR, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Company
- Industry
- Paperboard Containers & Boxes
- State of incorporation
- DE
- Entity type
- operating
- Fiscal year end
- Sep 30
- Latest filing
- 424B5 · 2025-11-19
via SEC EDGAR
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company, Funder
- Founded
- 2015
- Location
- Richmond, United States
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.467573.4 · ISNI 0000 0001 0237 3992
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- public company
- Part of
- S&P 500
- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- Richmond
- Industry
- corrugated fiberboard
- Stock exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Legal form
- Delaware corporation
- Official website
- www.westrock.com
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- Commons category
- WestRock Tacoma plant
- inception
- 2015-00-00
- social media followers
- 6175
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- History and acquisitions
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- External links
WestRock was an American corrugated packaging company and in 2024 merged with Smurfit Kappa to become Smurfit Westrock. It was formed in July 2015 after the merger of MeadWestvaco and RockTenn. WestRock was the 2nd largest American packaging company. It was one of the world's largest paper and packaging companies with 21.3 billion in annual revenue and more than 50,000 team members in more than 300 locations in 30 countries around the world. The company was headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgia, consolidating offices from Norcross, Georgia and Richmond, Virginia.
== History and acquisitions == Westrock was formed in May 2015 after the merger of MeadWestvaco and Rock Tenn. MeadWestvaco stockholders received 0.78 shares of the combined company. Rock-Tenn stockholders chose either one share of the combined company or a specific cash amount for each of their shares.
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