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Sonoco Implementing Price Increase for Uncoated Recycled Paperboard
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HARTSVILLE, S.C., May 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sonoco (NYSE: SON) today 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 labor. “Unfortunately, the conditions that challenged us in 2021 have not dissipated in 2022. We continue to be challenged by strong demand, increasing backlogs and inflating costs,” said Tim Davis, Division Vice President and General Manager, Paper – U.S. and Canada.
About Sonoco Founded in 1899, Sonoco (NYSE: SON) is a global provider of consumer, industrial, healthcare and protective packaging. With net sales of $5.6 billion in 2021, the Company has 22,000 employees working in approximately 300 operations in 32 countries, serving some of the world’s best-known brands in some 85 nations. Sonoco is committed to creating sustainable products, services and programs for our customers, employees and communities that support our corporate purpose of Better Packaging. Better Life. The Company ranked first in the Packaging sector on Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies for 2022 as well as being included in Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies for the third consecutive year. For more information, visit www.sonoco.com.
a global supplier of innovative packaging solutions, bringing more to packaging than just the package. about us: founded in 1899, sonoco is a global provider of a variety of consumer packaging, industrial products, protective packaging, and displays and packaging supply chain services. with annualized net sales of approximately $4.8 billion, we have 20,000 employees working in more than 300 operations in 33 countries, serving some of the world's best known brands in some 85 nations. for more information about us, visit www.sonoco.com. what we do: sonoco is the world's largest producer of paperboard containers, and a leading manufacturer of tubes and cores; convenience closures; consumer and industrial thermoformed plastic packaging; engineered molded and extruded plastic products; protective, temperature and retail assurance packaging. awards and accolades: third-party organizations regularly recognize us for our corporate citizenship. we've been listed in the dow jones sustainability
