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Sonoco Merges Metal Packaging and Rigid Paper Units Into Two-Region Consumer Packaging Organization

The shift creates a simpler, substrate-agnostic 'one can' structure targeting completion in the first quarter of 2026.

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Overview

  • The new framework establishes Consumer Packaging EMEA/APAC and Consumer Packaging Americas as the segment's two divisions.
  • Seán Cairns will lead EMEA/APAC and Ernest Haynes will lead the Americas, with both reporting to CEO Howard Coker.
  • COO Rodger Fuller resumes full-time COO duties after serving as interim leader for Metal Packaging EMEA and will support the integration.
  • Sonoco describes the combined business as covering steel, aluminum and paper cans, closures and components to align teams by geography rather than substrate.
  • The Industrial Paper Packaging segment remains unchanged under President James Harrell, with the announcement following portfolio actions including the ThermoSafe sale to Arsenal Capital Partners for $725 million.