Sonoco has completed its $360m acquisition of Weidenhammer Packaging Group (WPG), a European provider of composite cans, drums and rigid plastic containers.
Sonoco has the completed the takeover of UK-based Robinson Paperboard Packaging for ₤2.6m in a bid to expand its paperboard container presence in Europe.
Global packaging group Sonoco has just opened a new manufacturing
facility in Brazil to produce steel easy-open closures for use on
metal cans. Annual capacity of the plant is projected to be more
than one billion closures.
Global packaging company Sonoco has announced increased sales for
its fourth and final quarter, which has helped to boost its overall
profits. The company now says it is poised for further global
expansion, particularly in consumer...
Sonoco, the world's largest manufacturer of composite cans, will
close two of its US can plants, one in Denison, Texas, and one in
Masillon, Ohio, and consolidate those operations into other
facilities, according to Charles L....
Sonoco, the global packaging company, has said that it will
restructure itsUnited Kingdom-based tube and core business,
resulting in the closure of itsLeek Staffordshire plant and the
down-sizing of its Brechin, Scotland, plant,according...
Sonoco has appointed Patrick Keese to the post of vice president,
global marketing, consumer products, with effect from 1 October
2002, the company's senior vice president has announced.
Sonoco, the global provider of packaging products for the food and
beverage industry, has announced that it will increase prices for
all coreboard grades manufactured in and shipped to continental
Europe by €50 per metric tonne.
The US division of global packaging solutions provider Sonoco has
announced it will close its machinery manufacturing operation in
Fenton, Missouri, by the third quarter of 2002.
Sonoco, the largest US manufacturer of high density polyethylene
(HDPE) bags for the grocery, retail and convenience store
industries, has announced that it will close its bag plant in Santa
Maria, California, and consolidate those...