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Sonoco Products Company
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 NEWS FROM THE WIRES
Sonoco Products to buy private packaging company
Aug 08 2001 05:53 AM PDT

Sonoco second-quarter earnings, sales down
Jul 18 2001 06:37 AM PDT

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 PROFILE
Sonoco Products keeps its business under wraps. The company is one of the world's largest makers of industrial and consumer packaging products, including flexible packaging, composite cans, tubes, cores, cones, and wire and cable reels. Sonoco sells its cones and tubes to industrial markets, including papermakers and the textile industry. Its consumer packaging business (flexible packaging and canisters) serves the packaging needs of companies such as the Kellogg Company, Proctor & Gamble, and PepsiCo. Sonoco has operations on five continents, with 295 locations; the US, however, accounts for 73% of the company's sales.

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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: December
2000 Sales (mil.): 2,711.50
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 6.5%
Employees: 17,450
Revenue per employee: $155,386.82

 KEY PEOPLE
• Harris E. DeLoach
    CEO
• F. Trent Hill
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
N. 2nd St.
Hartsville, SC 29550
US
Phone: 843-383-7000
Fax: 843-383-7008
Online: Web Site

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