{ "schemaVersion": 1, "organisationId": "O-b6dede94ec2349ff92896b130115dddf", "slug": "sonoco-products-co", "name": "SONOCO PRODUCTS CO", "updatedAt": "2026-10-02T16:47:38.528228Z", "sections": [ { "type": "OVERVIEW", "text": "Sonoco Products Company is a global packaging company that designs and manufactures packaging for consumer and industrial markets. Its products include rigid paper, metal and plastic consumer packaging—such as food cans, closures and paper containers—and industrial paper products including tubes, cores, cones and protective packaging. Its purpose is “Better Packaging. Better Life.” [P3377986][P29762498][P45920864][P10164852] Sonoco’s two reportable segments at year-end 2025 were Consumer Packaging and Industrial Paper Packaging. [P48730786]\n\nFounded in 1899 in Hartsville, South Carolina, Sonoco reported 2025 net sales of approximately $7.5 billion and operations at about 265 locations in 37 countries. [P111471878][T448332][P3377986] The company reports approximately 22,000 employees. [https://investor.sonoco.com/overview/default.aspx]\n[P3377986][P29762498][P45920864][P10164852][P48730786][P111471878][T448332][https://investor.sonoco.com/overview/default.aspx]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-02T16:47:38.528228Z" }, { "type": "PRODUCTS", "text": "Sonoco’s products include rigid paper containers, metal packaging and industrial paper products. Its rigid paper containers are made from 100% recycled paperboard and serve snack, baked-goods, powdered-drink and confectionery markets. Metal packaging includes two- and three-piece steel food cans, aerosol cans, metal ends and closures, and promotional packaging. Food-can options include standard and easy-open ends; aerosol formats include straight-side and necked-in cans. 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These products serve food and beverage, household and personal-care, building, appliance, apparel, furnishings, construction and industrial-distribution markets. Sonoco also offers packaging design, prototyping and testing, including distribution testing and transit simulation, as well as metal-packaging technical support such as seamer service, training, troubleshooting and package testing. [P10164852][P74738378][https://www.sonoco.com/na/products/industrial-paper-packaging/protective-packaging-products][https://www.sonoco.com/na/products/services/packaging-design-testing][https://www.sonoco.com/na/products/services]\n\nIn 2025, metal cans accounted for approximately 45% of consolidated net sales, rigid paper containers 20%, and tubes and cores 16%. By reportable segment, Consumer Packaging represented approximately 65% of net sales and Industrial Paper Packaging 30%; these segment figures differ from product-category shares. 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The facility footprint was approximately 51% North America, 32% EMEA, 11% APAC and 6% South America; North American facilities were primarily in the United States. [P21797902][P90385510]\n\nIn 2025, sales to unaffiliated customers totaled approximately $7.52 billion. By geography as reported, revenue was $3.61 billion from the United States (48.1% of total), $3.21 billion from EMEA (42.7%), $104.4 million from Canada (1.4%), $249.6 million from APAC (3.3%) and $342.4 million in “All other” (4.6%). Sonoco separately reported that approximately 52% of consolidated sales came from operations outside the United States. [T11949604][P21797902]\n\nSonoco’s principal executive offices are at 1 N. Second St., Hartsville, South Carolina, and its corporate offices there are owned and operated by the company. A 2026 company announcement reported approximately 22,000 employees and 263 operations in 37 countries; it did not provide a regional employee breakdown. 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Paper containers serve uses including snacks, baked goods, powdered drinks and confectionery; metal packaging serves food and household-product markets. The segment generated $4,874.3 million in external-customer sales, approximately **64.8%** of consolidated net sales of $7,518.8 million. [P29762498][P45920864][T10512129]\n\n**Industrial Paper Packaging** primarily makes recycled-fiber products, including paperboard tubes, cores, cones and cans, partitions, protective materials, and uncoated recycled paperboard used in folding cartons, can board and laminated structures. Its end markets include food and beverage, household and personal products, homebuilding, appliances, construction and industrial distribution. It generated $2,299.2 million in external-customer sales, approximately **30.6%** of consolidated net sales. [P10164852][P74738378][T10512129] The remaining FY2025 sales were reported as “Other”; Sonoco described All Other as approximately 5% of consolidated sales. Following the ThermoSafe divestiture, the company said its remaining industrial and specialty plastics business would move into Industrial Paper Packaging effective January 1, 2026, discontinuing All Other. [P48730786][P40645744]\n[P29762498][P45920864][T10512129][P10164852][P74738378][P48730786][P40645744]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-02T16:47:38.528228Z" }, { "type": "HISTORY", "text": "Sonoco was founded in Hartsville, South Carolina, on May 10, 1899, by Major James Lide Coker and his son, initially making paper cones for the textile industry. A 1908 patent for cone manufacturing marked an early product and technology milestone. In 1923, the company adopted the name Sonoco, derived from Southern Novelty Company, and began expanding beyond the United States. 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