Sonoco Products Company

Hartsville, SC United States

  (NYSE: SON)

Company Description

Sonoco Products is a package deal; it is one of the world's largest makers of industrial and consumer packaging used by the food, consumer goods, construction, and automotive industries. Sonoco's consumer packaging segment, its largest, produces round and shaped composite cans for snack foods, powdered beverages, pet food, and more. Sonoco makes flexible and rigid packaging (paper and plastic) for food, personal care items, and chemicals. It produces paperboard tubes and cores, too, for industrial protective packaging. The company's end-to-end packaging services include co-packing and fulfillment, supply chain management, and point-of-purchase display design/assembly. About 60% of its sales are made in the US.