Sonoco Products Company

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One Company, Infinite Packaging Possibilities

You may have known us by many different names such as Matrix, ClearPack, Crellin, or
Associated Packaging Technologies (APT). Now, we are Sonoco Plastics and we're
uniting the power of our people, technology and history to deliver unique
and innovative packaging around the world. Learn More

Target's move to a more modern and user-friendly Linearpak container was a big first for the breakfast cereal category, where bag-in-the-box packaging has reigned supreme for decades. Learn More

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Great Products Deserve Great Packaging
Whether engineering products or packages, the ultimate design is reached not when nothing more can be added but when nothing else can be removed. Learn More

Sonoco and Kraft Foods collaborated to create a substainable new package for the iconic Maxwell House brand, creating a real game changer for the category. Learn More

Sonoco Announces Expiration and Final Results of Its Tender Offer
Sonoco announced today the expiration and final results of its offer to purchase any and all of its 6.50% Notes due 2013. Read More

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Sustainability is smart business
Sonoco has a strong record in the area of corporate sustainability, reflecting the company's recognition that sustainability is an important issue to our customers, shareholders, and employees.

Sonoco Targets a Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Harris E. DeLoach, Jr., chairman, president and chief executive officer, announced a voluntary reduction in greenhouse gas emission of 15 percent from the Company's global manufacturing plants by 2014.
"I am pleased to report that our efforts in 2009 led to an approximate 13 percent reduction," DeLoach said. "We have put in place a global Web-based environmental management system which collects GHG emissions from all of our international manufacturing facilities. We have taken this data, established 2008 as our baseline year, and set a goal of reducing GHG emission from our more than 300 manufacturing facilities by 15 percent by 2014."

Sonoco again chosen to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index
For the second year in a row Sonoco has been selected to join the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World). DJSI World comprises the leading global companies in terms of economic performance, environmental stewardship and social responsibility. Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes are determined following an annual review by SAM, an investment boutique focused on sustainability investing, together with Dow Jones Indexes.

Acquisition makes Sonoco a leader in frozen food packaging
Sonoco became a leader in the frozen, chilled and ready-to-eat food markets and significantly expanded its thermoforming plastic container capabilities with June's acquisition of Associated Packaging Technologies.
Founded in 1993, APT is North America's largest manufacturer and supplier of dual-ovenable, crystallized polyethylene terepthalate (CPET) containers to the frozen food industry in North America, Europe and Australia/New Zealand.

Sonoco Recycling completes third material recovery facility
A $4.6 million expansion was recently completed at Sonoco Recycling's facility in Charlotte making it one of the most technologically advanced recycling facilities in the United States and the third material recovery facility (MRF) owned and operated by the company. The 62,000 square-foot facility, which now has 43 conveyors and six screens to automatically sort cardboard, newspaper, plastics and aluminum, is capable of processing up to 400 tons of material.