Sonoco has introduced its new TruVue™ Can as an innovative alternative to the traditional metal can that has been a mainstay packaging option for more than 200 years. The clear, retortable plastic can has the potential to revolutionize not just the canned food aisle in supermarkets, but an entire food category that has not seen significant innovation in decades and is challenged to meet the demands of a new generation of shoppers.
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Sonoco (NYSE: SON) President and Chief Executive Officer Jack Sanders and members of the Company’s senior leadership team today provided the investment community in New York with an overview of the Company’s financial outlook and strategic priorities.
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Sonoco has announced several interrelated senior management changes within its Industrial business segments, according to Jack Sanders, president and chief executive officer.
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Sonoco Display and Packaging, the point-of-purchase (POP) display and packaging services division of Sonoco (NYSE:SON), has been awarded 10 Design of the Times Awards by the Path to Purchase Institute at the 2015 Shopper Marketing Conference & Expo in Minneapolis.
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Sonoco has granted its Sustainability Star Awards to seven plants across North America for successful and exemplary efforts to reduce their waste to landfill and implement sustainability-oriented processes.
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Sonoco has reported consolidated financial results for its third quarter, ending September 27, 2015.
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The Board of Directors of Sonoco has declared a $0.35 per share quarterly common stock dividend. The dividend will be paid on December 10, 2015, to shareholders of record as of November 13, 2015.
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Sonoco has donated $50,000 to the American Red Cross to aid in flood relief efforts in the Pee Dee and across the Palmetto State. Sonoco has been headquartered in Hartsville, S.C., since its inception in 1899, and more than 2,000 of its employees currently call South Carolina home. Sonoco’s operations were not adversely impacted by the storm, but many of its employees, their families and their friends are facing hardships after the historic flooding.
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Sonoco has expanded its line of FlatStack® paperboard tier sheets to include FlatStack® Ultralight™, a value-priced alternative to lightweight gypsum and paperboard sheets.
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Sonoco has expanded its commercial offerings in adhesives, adding the SonoBond™ family of adhesives specialized for consumer and industrial packaging applications.
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Sonoco has been listed on the 2015 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI), marking the seventh consecutive year it has received the prestigious recognition – the longest consecutive streak of any packaging company currently listed on the index. Sonoco is one of only three global packaging companies to make the DJSI World Index and one of only 60 U.S. companies selected.
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Sonoco Alloyd, part of Sonoco Display and Packaging, a unit of global packaging company Sonoco (NYSE:SON), has developed an innovative new package that allows easy dispensing of product and convenient storage of unused portions. The patent-pending packaging design is the first of its kind to combine thermoformed technology with a sliding lid.
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Five years ago, we established goals to change our economic, environmental and social performance in aspects that were material to Sonoco and its stakeholders. Our 2014-2015 Corporate Responsibility Report reflects the significant progress we have made to not just meet, but exceed, these challenging sustainability goals.
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Sonoco has released its Corporate Responsibility Report for 2014-2015 and reported that it achieved its five-year global sustainability targets, including significant reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), water usage and development of landfill-free operations.
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Sonoco has reported consolidated financial results for the second quarter and year-to-date periods ending June 28, 2015, and restated financial results for the period ended June 29, 2014. The Company previously reported preliminary second quarter 2015 results on July 16, 2015.
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Sonoco ThermoSafe has launched a revolutionary new product for the transport and temporary storage of red blood cells and platelets. The result of years of end-user research, the innovative Via® Blood Transporter incorporates leading-edge technology in phase change and insulating material to ensure ultimate temperature protection, while its ergonomic features aid in the fast and efficient conveyance of blood when it matters most.
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Continuing to grow and optimize its operations, Sonoco remains the largest corporation by revenue in South Carolina, and was included on Broadview Network’s map of the largest companies in America for the second year in a row. The map is created based on data from Hoover’s, a D&B Company.
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Sonoco ThermoSafe, a unit of Sonoco and a leading global provider of temperature assurance packaging, has launched a new reusable bulk insulated container featuring a 1,200 mm x 800 mm footprint and 440 liters of storage capacity for storing and distributing dry ice and perishable goods globally.
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Sonoco acknowledged Starbucks' Carson Valley Roasting Plant and Distribution Center with a Gold Sustainability Star Award. The Starbucks Carson Valley Roasting Plant and Distribution Center was recognized for its outstanding efforts in recycling, achieving zero waste to landfill. The plant was further credited for the procedures in place to reduce manufacturing waste beyond this – particularly noting the Waste to Energy program that ensures any remaining waste streams that cannot be recycled are repurposed for energy recovery. As of Jan. 1, 2015, the Starbucks Carson Valley Roasting Plant and Distribution Center is landfill free. Learn more about the Star Awards program.
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Sonoco has been honored on Corporate Responsibility Magazine's 2015 100 Best Corporate Citizens List, the seventh year the company has been included.
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Sonoco will increase production capabilities and support R&D innovation through several significant growth projects for its Consumer Packaging businesses, including a new flexible packaging laminator and press in Texas and Ohio, and a new research and development facility at its Hartsville headquarters.
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The EcoTect® premium grade of uncoated recycled board (URB), specifically manufactured for superior printability, has become the first URB to be certified by the Rochester Institute of Technology to Hewlett-Packard (HP) Indigo print platform specifications.
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Sonoco has announced a partnership with ACF Enterprises, a WBENC-certified training company, to launch a Supplier Sustainability Engagement Initiative.
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Sonoco announced it has been named to the 2014 list of North American Top Companies for Leaders® by Aon Hewitt, the global talent, retirement and health solutions company of Aon. Sonoco was No. 12 (out of 25) on the 2014 North America list and No. 21 (out of 25) on the Global Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders list. This is the fifth time that Sonoco has earned this prestigious recognition.
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Sonoco Alloyd, part of Sonoco Display and Packaging, has been recognized with a WorldStar 2015 Packaging Award for its Whirlpool® Water EveryDrop™ water filter package by the World Packaging Organization.
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Sonoco is producing plant-based plastic bottles for Ecover's new home care line.
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Sonoco is helping Dare Foods unveil its new, premium Boulangerie Grissol Artisanal Baguettes products flexible bag to the U.S. market this Fall.
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Sonoco announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Weidenhammer Packaging Group, Europe's leading provider of composite cans along with composite drums and rigid plastic containers.
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