Business: Sonoco is one of the world's largest manufacturers of industrial, consumer and protective packaging and provider of packaging services. In addition, the Company is one of the leading producers of recycled paperboard, utilizing more than a million tons of recovered paper annually in their papermaking operations. Sonoco products are used by many of the world's leading industries, including food processing, powdered beverages, snacks, textiles, papermaking, material converting, material handling, agriculture, personal care and many others. Countries with operations, subsidiaries or affiliates include the United States, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Puerto Rico, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and Venezuela.