Sonoco
1 North Second Street, Hartsville, South Carolina 29550
United States
843 383 7000
ACTIVE MATERIALS
Biodegradable; Caps & Closures; Design & Branding; Fiber-Based; Flexible Plastics; Metals; Other Packaging; 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
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PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
26 Jul 2024 --- This week in industry news, Saica Group acquired a subsidiary of Schumacher Packaging and Sappi Europe improved its flexible packaging papers division. Meanwhile, UK train operating... Read More
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
10 Jul 2024 --- Coveris has launched a range of fiber-based hot-to-go packs, branded Heat. The company targets growing demand for hot food and reduces waste through its recyclable “heat in... Read More
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
08 Jul 2024 --- Berry Global Group has outfitted Grillo’s Pickles with twist-top, spill-proof, easy-open jars for its pickles. The custom, nestable, recyclable PP jar and continuous thread... Read More
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
28 Jun 2024 --- Sonoco is outfitting French sugar brand Cristalco with a cardboard container equipped with a PP sprinkler for its Daddy Sugar brand. The new 500 g pack switches out a previous... Read More
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
29 Mar 2024 --- This week in industry news, Koehler Paper and Nucao launched fully paper-based chocolate packaging. Meanwhile UPM Raflatac received RecyClass recognition for its adhesive technology... Read More
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15 Jun 2023 --- Sean Cairns, president for global rigid paper containers at Sonoco, speaks on the Interpack trade show floor about how the company has developed cans that replace metal bottoms with paper to move from 60% paper to 98%. Cairns dubs moisture as the most significant challenge for using paper packaging but says Sonoco has many solutions.
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.