ATLANTA, GEORGIA—  WestRock stockholders voted to approved  the combination of Smurfit Kappa Group plc and WestRock at WestRock’s Special Meeting of Stockholders. Smurfit Kappa and WestRock combined will have annual sales of revenue of $34 billion. This will make Smurfit WestRock the largest listed global packaging company by revenue. Westrock Canada has plants in Alberta, Saskatchewan , Manitoba , Ontario and Quebec for a total of 12  in Canada. They produce folding cartons, corrugated and specialty packaging.  Smurfit Kappa currently operate across 36 countries globally and employs 47,000 people. WestRock employs just over 50,000 staff and works in more than 30 countries. The companies state that combining Smurfit Kappa and WestRock’s highly complementary paper-based packaging companies will create a global leader in sustainable packaging. No new name for the merged companies has been announced