Brief: Smurfit Westrock CFO: Demand in legacy Westrock business flat in Q2

Smurfit WestRock

31/07/2024 08:23

July 31 (Reuters) - Smurfit WestRock PLC  SW.N  CFO
interview with Reuters:
    * SMURFIT WESTROCK CFO: GERMANY HAS HAD A FEW FALSE STARTS
OVER
THE LAST FEW QUARTERS, STRUGGLING TO GET GOING AND LAGGING
BEHIND
    * SMURFIT WESTROCK CFO: U.S. DEMAND IN WESTROCK BUSINESS
BROADLY
FLAT IN Q2, ROUGHLY SAME STORY AS SMURFIT OF COST INPUT
PRESSURES AND WAITING FOR BOX PRICE RECOVERY
    * SMURFIT WESTROCK CFO: DEMAND FROM FOOD AND BEVERAGE SECTOR
VERY
STABLE
    * SMURFIT WESTROCK CFO: DEMAND CONTINUES TO 'TICK ALONG'
INTO Q3,
NO PARTICULAR VIEW ON REMAINDER OF 2024 OTHER THAN THINK WILL
PROBABLY CONTINUE AT SAME PACE

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 (Reporting By Padraic Halpin)
 ((Padraic.Halpin@thomsonreuters.com;))