Sonoco
1 North Second Street, Hartsville, South Carolina 29550
United States
843 383 7000
ACTIVE MATERIALS
Biodegradable; Caps & Closures; Design & Branding; Flexible Plastics; Metal; Other Packaging; Paper & Paperboard; Recyclable
ACTIVE CATEGORIES
Founded in 1899, Sonoco (NYSE:SON) is a global provider of packaging products. With net sales of approximately $7.3 billion in 2022, the Company has approximately 22,000 employees working in more than 300 operations around the world, serving some of the world’s best-known brands. With our corporate purpose ofBetter Packaging. Better Life., Sonoco is committed to creating sustainable products, and a better world, for our customers, employees, and communities. The Company ranked first in the Packaging sector on Fortune’s World's Most Admired Companies for 2022 as well as being included in Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies for the fourth consecutive year. For more information on the Company, visit our website atwww.sonoco.com

PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
31 Mar 2023 --- Sonoco will exhibit its environmentally sustainable packaging solutions range, including fiber-based and IML consumer products, tubes and cores and other industrial solutions at... Read More
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
17 Mar 2023 --- This week in industry news, Toshiba launched an industrial printer to simplify everyday packaging applications and Berry Global Group announced it is launching Typar DrainableWrap... Read More
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
28 Oct 2022 --- This week in industry news, Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics, W&H and B&B announced the launch of their joint innovation in recyclable plastic packaging at the K 2022... Read More
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
17 Oct 2022 --- In its Bakery Bites edition, Rabobank’s RaboResearch looks at the current situation of environmentally sustainable packaging solutions in the US bakery sector. Last month,... Read More
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
02 Sep 2022 --- This week in industry news, ProAmpac received the International Sustainability Carbon Certification Plus (ISCC Plus) certification for a US-based facility. Also, Smurfit Kappa... Read More

25 Jun 2020 --- Even during the global pandemic, Sonoco Europe is working to ensure that environmental sustainability remains a priority. Vice President and General Manager Sean Cairns tells PackagingInsights that the short-term consequences of COVID-19 have been “dramatic” but that Sonoco has secured enough back-up and R&D investment to ensure it can ride the waves of uncertainty. Cairns further explains what challenges the coronavirus outbreak has put on packaging production and how it has accelerated the growth of the e-commerce sector.
08 Jan 2019 --- Sonoco Vice President and General Manager for Consumer Good, Sean Cairns, speaks to PackagingInsights during FachPack 2018 in Nuremberg about the supplier’s latest efforts to improve its recyclability levels. This includes insights into the new 90 percent paper-based mymuesli can, which provides a “natural” look and feel which resonates with the eco-conscious consumer.