sonoco products company nyse son sector basic materials industry paper & function incorporated in 1899 is a manufacturer of industrial and consumer packaging provider services has approximately 300 locations 32 countries serves customers 85 nations the s operations consist two business segments segment represented 50 sales 2002 includes plastic composite engineered carriers paperboard wooden metal reels for wire cable fiber based construction tubes forms custom designed protective supply chain management capabilities round shaped rigid both printed flexible ends closures high density film specialty principal raw used by are recovered resins manufacture purchased either directly from suppliers near manufacturing or through subsidiary stock dealers inc manufactures value cores
