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Sonoco

Sonoco Products Company is an American provider of diversified consumer packaging, industrial products, protective packaging, and packaging supply chain services and the world's largest producer of composite cans, tubes, and cores. The company was founded in 1889 as Southern Novelty Company with annualized net sales of approximately $7.3 billion. Sonoco…

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Founded
1899
Industry
Packaging
Headquarters
Hartsville, South Carolina, United States
Founder
Major James Lide Coker
Key people
Howard Coker (CEO)
Net income
US$207.241 Million (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2020)

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Sonoco

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Avg. degree1.92
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Sonoco

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related to Further reading · 15
Sonoco → Coker College Press, Company Histories, Detroit, Doubles, Hartsville, International Directory, ISBN, James Press, Malcolm, Mich, Paul Kepos, Sonoco Products Company, St, VIII, Vol
related to Administration employees · 14
Sonoco → CEO, Charles, Coker, DeLoach Jr, Elected, Executive Chairman, Harris, Howard Coker, Jack Sanders, Major James Lide Coker, President, Rob, Southern Novelty Company, Tiede
related to Sustainability · 14
Sonoco → Corporate Citizens, Corporate Responsibility Magazine, Dow Jones Sustainability World, Gold Class Awards, Green Rankings, Index, Newsweek, SAM, SAM's Sustainability Yearbook, Sonoco Recycling, Sustainable Asset Management, The, Top, United States's
related to Operations · 10
Sonoco → Closures, Global Flexibles, Global Plastics, Global Rigid Paper, Global Services, Industrial Converted Products, Protective Packaging, Sonoco Recycling, Sonoco's, Sonotube
related to External links · 5
Sonoco → SON, Sonoco Products Co, Sonoco Products Company Official, Sonoco Products Forbes, Yahoo
Founded · 1
Sonoco → 1899
Founder · 1
Sonoco → Major James Lide Coker
Headquarters · 1
Sonoco → Hartsville, South Carolina, United States
Industry · 1
Sonoco → Packaging
Key people · 1
Sonoco → Howard Coker (CEO)

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SonocoFounded18991.00infobox
SonocoFounderMajor James Lide Coker1.00infobox
SonocoHeadquartersHartsville, South Carolina, United States1.00infobox
SonocoIndustryPackaging1.00infobox
SonocoKey peopleHoward Coker (CEO)1.00infobox
SonocoNet incomeUS$207.241 Million (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2020)1.00infobox
SonocoNumber of employees21,000 (2017)1.00infobox
SonocoOperating incomeUS$255.592 Million (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2020)1.00infobox
SonocoRevenueUS$5.237 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2020)1.00infobox
SonocoTotal assetsUS$5.277 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2020)1.00infobox
SonocoTotal equityUS$1.910 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2020)1.00infobox
SonocoTraded asNYSE: SON S&P 400 Component1.00infobox
SonocoTypePublic1.00infobox
SonocoWebsitewww.sonoco.com1.00infobox
Sonocois amember of the New York Stock Exchange Century Index and the S0.90text

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