sonocoとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Founded in 1899, Sonoco Products Company (NYSE: SON) is a $4.1 billion global manufacturer of consumer and industrial packaging and provider of packaging services in 85 nations. From its headquarters in Hartsville, South Carolina, and 315 operations in 34 countries, its approximately 17,300 employees produce packaging for a variety of industries and for many of the world's best-known brands. Sonoco is the world's largest producer of composite cans, tubes and cores and a leader in rigid paperboard containers and convenience closures. The Company's also a leading manufacturer of blow-molded plastic containers, consumer and industrial thermoformed plastic packaging, and engineered molded and extruded plastic products. Sonoco was named one of 2011's Top 100 Corporate Citizens by Corporate Responsibility Magazine, has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index 2009 - 2010 and 2010 - 2011, and was listed in the top 25% of the United States' 500 largest publicly traded companies in Newsweek magazine's "Green Rankings" for two consecutive years. Sonoco also received a SAM (Sustainable Asset Management) Gold Class Award in SAM's Sustainability Yearbook 2011 and has been recognized three times as one of North America's Top Companies for Leaders.