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COMPANY DETAILS
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; Sustainability
ACTIVE CATEGORIES
Sonoco is a $5 billion global provider of consumer packaging, industrial products and packaging supply chain services. When collaborating with our customers, we leverage our deep knowledge of material science, our i6 Innovation Process™, and our industry-leading packaging and services portfolio to create impactful customized solutions that build stronger brands.
We produce packaging for many of the world’s most recognized brands, in markets such as appliances and electronics, automotive, beverages, confection, construction, converted paperboard, fresh and natural food, frozen and refrigerated food, shaving, home, lawn and garden, medical/pharmaceutical, pet care, powdered beverages, recycling and snacks.
Sonoco’s operations consist of our global consumer packaging businesses (rigid paper and closures, flexibles and plastics); our display and packaging division (high-impact retail displays and packaging supply chain management); our industrial businesses (tubes and cores, reels and spools, uncoated recycled paperboard and Sonoco Recycling, one of the world’s largest recyclers); and our Protective Solutions division (custom-designed protective, temperature-assurance and retail security packaging solutions and highly engineered components).
From our headquarters in Hartsville, S.C., and more than 300 operations in 33 countries, we serve customers in 85 nations.
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
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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
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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
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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
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08 Jul 2022 --- This week in industry news, BillerudKorsnäs eliminated the need for plastic film in industrial paper sacks. Also, Sonoco expanded its post-consumer recovery and recycling... 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.
