Ireland's Smurfit aims to see off takeover with Dutch acquisition
May 24, 2018 at 04:18 AM EDT
DUBLIN, May 24 (Reuters) - Smurfit Kappa has agreed to buy Dutch paper and recycling firm Reparenco for about 460 million euros ($539 million), the Irish packaging group said on Thursday, in its effort to see off a takeover bid from U.S. rival International Paper (IP).
