Supply Chain RFID: Thinking out of the box is way of life at Smurfit-Stone

From The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO ... Smurfit thinks that with backers like Wal-Mart and the Department of Defense, RFID is likely to one day replace bar codes. Eventually ...

... Retailing has replaced manufacturing as king of the American marketplace, a shift in power that is transforming industry down to the plain brown box. Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. expects to make money this quarter for the first time in two years. The economic recovery is boosting sales of its paper and boxes, prices are improving and inventories are low. ...

Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (NASDAQ: SSCC) is the industry's leading integrated manufacturer of paperboard and paper-based packaging. Smurfit-Stone is the leading producer of containerboard, including white top linerboard; corrugated containers; multi-walled and specialty bags; and clay-coated recycled boxboard. SSCC is the world's largest paper recycler, annually processing and selling more than 6.5 million tons. In addition, Smurfit-Stone is a leading producer of solid bleached sulfate, folding cartons, flexible packaging, labels, and point-of-purchase displays. With approximately 35,000 employees working at nearly 250 manufacturing facilities, Smurfit-Stone can provide paperboard and packaging solutions for any customer, large or small, anywhere in North America.