13 Jun 2022 --- Smurfit Kappa’s packaging plant in Birmingham, UK, caught fire last night, reportedly destroying 8,000 metric tons of cardboard and paper. The company’s London-listed shares were 2.2% lower at 07:30 BST today, set against a wider FTSE 100 index decline of 0.9%. Some operations at the plant have now been resumed, while the reasons for the fire are yet to be established. The fire was declared a major incident considering the amount of compressed cardboard that caught on fire.
