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Lowe’sOverview of Sonoco and Protective Packaging
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PPDProtective
Packaging
Division
Objectives
Provide an overview of Sonoco’s and PPD’s abilities
Identify areas for joint focus
Sonoco
110-year-old global packaging company
$4+ billion in annual sales
Approximately 300+ global operations in 35 countries
Customers in 85 countries
Approximately 17,600+ employees
Number 1 or 2 in most markets served
Supplier to many of the world’s leading consumer product companies
Sonoco is Global Packaging
Countries with Sonoco operations
Founded in 1899
More than 325 operations
35 countries/5 continents
18,600 employees
2007 Sales: $4 billion
Consumer
Flexible Packaging
Global Composite Cans Plastic Containers
Metal EndsProtective Packaging
Industrial
Tubes and Cores Paper
Molded Plastics
Services
Service Centers, Graphics Management and P-O-P Displays5
Sonoco Business Segments
Global Customer Partner Model
Following Key Customers
Around the World
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Sonoco’s Sustainability Solutions S3
Sustainability Solutions
Recovering OCC and recyclable materials from manufacturers of consumer and industrial goods
Supply Security
Company collects 3.5
million tons of paper
annually
1.8 million tons
annually consumed
by Sonoco mills
Company converts
recycled paper into
tubes, cores and
paper-based
packaging
Growing Material
Recovery
Installed 211
commercial balers in
2006
Increasing OCC/paper
exports to China
Technical Centers of Excellence
Consumer Products / Hartsville, SC
Pilot plant
Ridged and flexible package design
Package and product testing
Food fill operations
Industrial Products / Hartsville, SC
Pilot plant
Paper science laboratories
Protective Packaging / Nashville, TN
Total pack solutions
Full packaging mock-up
Multi-materials expertise
ISTA Certification / distribution testing
Molded Plastics / Chatham, NY
Plastic testing
Mold and part design
Closures / Canton, OH
Retort “Center of Excellence”
Metallurgy
Mechanics / Madison, WI
FEA, engineering design
Material science and research
European Technical / Duren, Germany
Consumer and industrial packaging technical
services
Core Center / Karhula, Finland
Paper and core testing
Asia Technical Center / Singapore
Paper, core and composite container testing
Australia IPD / Melbourne Australia
Industrial packaging technical services
