| Sonoco Products Company (Sonoco) is a manufacturer of industrial and consumer packaging products and a provider of packaging services, with 312 locations in 35 countries. The Company operates in four segments: Consumer Packaging, Tubes and Cores/Paper, Packaging Services, and All Other Sonoco. The Company serves two markets consumer and industrial. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company acquired Amtex Packaging, Inc., a packaging fulfillment company, and VoidForm International Ltd., a construction tube business. |