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Sonoco Products SON · USD

Materials · US listing · 🇺🇸 United States

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About Sonoco Products

From its filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission

SEC filings

Sonoco Products is based in Hartsville, South Carolina and is incorporated in South Carolina. Its shares trade on NYSE under the ticker SON. The SEC classifies its business as paperboard containers & boxes. In the fiscal year to 31 December 2025, it reported revenue of $7.52bn and net income of $1.00bn. At that date it held total assets of $11.16bn and shareholders' equity of $3.61bn. By region, United States accounted for 48.1%, followed by EMEA at 42.7% and Other at 4.6%.

In its own words

Sonoco Products Company (“Sonoco,” “the Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a South Carolina corporation founded in Hartsville, South Carolina, in 1899 as the Southern Novelty Company with the guiding principle that People Build Businesses by doing the right things. At its beginnings in 1899, a team of 12 people worked from a rented warehouse to produce the Company’s first product, a cone-shaped paper yarn carrier used for winding and transporting yarn. Since most of the textile cones of that day were wooden, paper cones were a novelty. The Company soon became the leading producer of cones in the United States. The Southern Novelty Company continued to diversify its product line and add new operations around the country. In 1923, the Southern Novelty Company name was changed to Sonoco Products Company, or “Sonoco,” using the first two letters from each word of its original name.

Sonoco is now a multi-billion dollar global designer, developer, and manufacturer of a variety of highly engineered and sustainable packaging serving multiple end markets. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had approximately 265 locations in 37 countries, serving some of the world’s best-known brands around the globe. Sonoco is committed to creating sustainable products, services, and programs for the environment and our customers, employees, and communities that support our corporate purpose: Better Packaging. Better Life.

Quoted from its 10-K, filed 26 Feb 2026. Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Company facts

Sector
Materials
Industry
Containers & Packaging
Listed since
17 Mar 1980
Employees
22,000
Website
sonoco.com ↗
Head office
ONE NORTH SECOND ST, HARTSVILLE, SC, 29551-0160
Incorporated in
SC
Classification
Paperboard Containers & Boxes
Filer status
Large accelerated filer

Leadership

Pay as last reported

  • Mr. John HaleyChairman of the Board, since 2011$405,000
  • Mr. Robert CokerPresident, Chief Executive Officer, Director, since 2009$10.1m
  • Mr. Jerry CheathamInterim Chief Financial Officer
  • Mr. Paul JoachimczykChief Financial Officer
  • Mr. Sean CairnsPresident - Global Rigid Paper Packaging
  • Mr. Russell GrissettPresident, Global Flexibles and Thermoforming
  • Mr. James HarrellPresident - Global Industrial Paper Packaging$2.1m
  • Mr. Ernest HaynesPresident - Sonoco Metal Packaging Division
  • Mr. Rodger FullerChief Operating Officer$3.7m
  • Ms. Andrea WhiteChief Human Resources Officer
  • Mr. John FlorenceVice President, General Counsel, General Manager - Industrial Paper Packaging, North America, Company Secretary$2.2m
  • Mr. Adam WoodVice President Global Paper Products-Europe

Environmental, social and governance

Scores out of 100, from our data supplier

ESG
Overall
69
Environment
79
Social
81
Governance
47
Direct emissions (scope 1)
637,605 t
Energy emissions (scope 2)
510,240 t
Value chain emissions (scope 3)
3,240,208 t
Women in the workforce
24.58%
Carbon reduction policy
Yes
Human rights policy
Yes

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