SON fundamentals

Sonoco Products Co. engages in the manufacture of industrial and consumer packaging products and services. It operates through the following segments: Consumer Packaging, Industrial Paper Packaging, and All Other. The Consumer Packaging segment offers round and shaped rigid containers, fiber and plastic caulk and adhesive tubes, and aluminum, steel, and peelable membrane easy-open closures for paper and metal cans. The Industrial Paper Packaging segment produces recycled paperboard, chipboard, tubeboard, lightweight corestock, and boxboard. The All Other segment consists of corporate expenses allocated as operating costs through the business segments. The company was founded on May 10, 1899, and is headquartered at Hartsville, SC.