According to Kansas local reports, Sonoco Products Co. is permanently closing its Hutchinson Paper Mill, affecting 116 employees. The Hutchinson facility has been in operation for more than a century. It opened in 1909 and had been through several owners. The mill consumed about 320 tons of mixed paper and old corrugated containers per day […]
Tag Archives: Sonoco
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Jan
Jan
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the appointment of three members to serve on the Paper and Packaging Board. The appointees from the South Region will serve three-year terms beginning immediately to December 31, 2025, and one appointee from the Rest of the U.S. Region will serve a one-year term beginning immediately to December 31, […]
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Oct
Oct
Sonoco announced that the new uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) #10 machine is operational as part of its previously announced Project Horizon – the $125 million investment to transform its former corrugated medium machine in Hartsville, South Carolina, to a state-of-the-art URB operation. Project Horizon was initiated, in part, to ensure the long-term viability and sustainability of Sonoco’s 100-year-old Hartsville Mill […]
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Aug
Aug
Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l. announced that due to the continued escalation in the cost of European energy it will raise prices by EUR 70 per tonne on all recycled paperboard grades sold in the Company’s EMEA regions effective for shipments made on or after the 1st September 2022. “In light of the significant increases seen across the […]
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Jun
Jun
Sonoco, one of the leading global sustainable packaging companies, today announced favorable results from a recent study by trial with Sustana in collaboration with Kellogg’s, providing new opportunities to recycle paper containers. “Part of creating packaging that’s a sustainability success involves making sure its materials are made and sourced responsibly. Sonoco’s paper containers are made […]
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May
May
Sonoco announced it is implementing a $50 per ton price increase for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) in the United States and Canada, effective with shipments beginning May 30, 2022. Sonoco said the price change reflects continued tight market conditions and inflationary pressures on manufacturing costs, including energy, freight, chemicals, packaging materials and […]
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Feb
Feb
Sonoco, one of the largest global sustainable packaging companies, today announced that two members of the Company’s Board of Directors will be leaving. Marc D. Oken, 75, chairman and founder of Falfurrias Capital Partners, a Charlotte, N.C., private equity firm, has reached the Board’s mandatory retirement age and will not stand for reelection at the […]
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Jan
Jan
Sonoco recently announced it will raise the price for all paperboard tubes and cores by a minimum of 6 percent, effective with shipments in the United States and Canada, on or after March 1, 2022. “Ongoing market tightness, limited paperboard supply and additional inflationary cost pressures to our primary raw materials (uncoated recycled paperboard and […]
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Dec
Dec
Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l. announced today that due to continued inflationary pressure on the business, it will raise prices by 10 percent on all tube and core grades sold in the Company’s EMEA regions. The increase will be effective for all shipments made on or after the 13th December 2021. “We continue to experience further cost increases […]
Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today announced it has acquired the assets of D&W Paper Tubes, Inc., a Chatsworth, GA-based manufacturer of sustainable industrial paper tubes and cores. Founded in 2000, D&W is a family-owned company that produces 100-percent recycled paperboard convolute tubes, spiral-wound cores and yarn tubes primarily serving the […]
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