Friday, April 1, 2016 9:45 am

MEXICO CITY and NORCROSS, Ga. -- Grupo Gondi and WestRock has announced that they have completed the formation of a joint venture combining their paper and packaging operations in Mexico.

The combination was recently approved by Mexico's Antitrust Authority, the Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica (COFECE), and the companies will begin operating in Mexico as a single entity immediately.