Manufactured in North Carolina

About Our Company

Primary Industry Classification: Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing
Established: 1899
Sonoco’s roots can be traced to the Southern Novelty Company, which was founded in Hartsville on May 10, 1899. Our first product was a cone-shaped paper yarn carrier used for winding and transporting yarn. Since most of the textile cones of that day were wooden, paper cones were a novelty. The Company soon became the leading producer of cones in the United States. The Southern Novelty Company continued to diversify its product line and add new operations around the country. In 1923, the Southern Novelty Company name was changed to Sonoco Products Company, using the first two letters from each word of its original name.