Sonoco Products Company engages in the manufacture and sale of industrial and consumer packaging products in the United States, Europe, Canada, and other regions. The company operates in four segments: Consumer Packaging, Paper and Industrial Converted Products, Display and Packaging, and Protective Solutions. The Consumer Packaging segment provides round composite cans, shaped rigid paperboard containers, fiber caulk/adhesive tubes, plastic bottles, jars, jugs, cups, and trays, printed flexible packaging, rotogravure cylinder engraving, and global brand management products, as well as aluminum, steel, and peelable membrane easy-open closures for composite and metal cans. The Paper and Industrial Converted Products segment offers recycled paperboards, chipboards, tubeboards, lightweight corestocks, boxboards, linerboards, corrugating medium products, and specialty grades; and paperboard tubes and cores, concrete forms, pallets, molded plugs, and reels; as well as engages in the collection, processing, and recycling of old corrugated containers, paper, plastics, metal, glass, and other recyclable materials. The Display and Packaging segment provides point-of-purchase displays, custom packaging, fulfillment, primary package filling, supply chain management, and paperboard specialty products and services. The Protective Solutions segment offers engineered, custom-designed protective, temperature-assurance, and retail security packaging solutions. The company, formerly known as Southern Novelty Company, was founded in 1899 and is based in Hartsville, South Carolina.

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