Company type | Public |
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NYSE: SON S&P 400 Component | |
Industry | Packaging |
Founded | 1899 |
Founder | Major James Lide Coker |
Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Howard Coker (CEO) |
Revenue | US$5.237 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2020)[1] |
US$255.592 Million (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2020)[1] | |
US$207.241 Million (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2020)[1] | |
Total assets | US$5.277 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2020)[1] |
Total equity | US$1.910 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2020)[1] |
Number of employees | 21,000[2] (2017) |
Website | www |
Sonoco Products Company is an American provider of diversified consumer packaging, industrial products, protective packaging, and packaging supply chain services and the world's largest producer of composite cans, tubes, and cores. The company was founded in 1889 as Southern Novelty Company with annualized net sales of approximately $7.3 billion. Sonoco has 19,900 employees in more than 335 operations in 33 countries, serving more than 85 nations.[3] The company is headquartered in Hartsville, South Carolina, and is South Carolina's largest corporation in terms of sales.[4]
Sonoco is a member of the New York Stock Exchange Century Index and the S&P 400.