Sonoco Products Company SON

SON Company Overview

Sonoco Products Company is a U.S.-based global packaging manufacturer that operates across consumer, industrial, healthcare, and protective packaging markets. Founded in 1899 and headquartered in Hartsville, South Carolina, the company designs and manufactures a broad portfolio of packaging products and related services for industries including food and beverage, household products, pharmaceuticals, industrial goods, paper products, and e-commerce. Sonoco is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SON and has historically emphasized vertically integrated paper and packaging operations.

The company’s primary revenue drivers include consumer packaging, industrial paper and converted products, protective packaging solutions, and healthcare packaging. Sonoco’s product portfolio includes rigid paper containers, flexible packaging, thermoformed plastic packaging, paperboard tubes and cores, molded pulp products, temperature-assurance packaging, and transit protection systems. Its strategic positioning is supported by long-standing customer relationships, integrated recycled paper and paperboard capabilities, broad geographic reach, and diversified end-market exposure. Over more than a century, Sonoco evolved from a regional paper cone manufacturer into a multinational packaging company through organic growth, acquisitions, and expansion into higher-value packaging segments such as healthcare and sustainable packaging solutions.