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Sanders Elected Senior Vice President of Sonoco

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HARTSVILLE, SC UNITED STATES
    HARTSVILLE, S.C., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- M. Jack Sanders
(53), previously vice president of Sonoco's (NYSE: SON) Global Industrial
Products, has been elected senior vice president - Global Industrial
Products, it was announced today by Harris E. DeLoach, Jr., chairman,
president and chief executive officer. Sanders currently serves as a member
of the Company's Executive Committee.
    (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19991006/SNCLOGO )
    Sanders, a 1976 graduate of Louisiana State University with a B.S.
degree in finance, joined Sonoco in 1987 as national sales and marketing
manager - Wire and Cable Reels division. In 1991, he was named general
manager for Sonoco's Protective Packaging division and was promoted to
division vice president and general manager of the Protective Packaging
business in 1998. Sanders was elected a corporate officer and named vice
president - Industrial Products, North America in 2001. He was subsequently
named vice president - Global Industrial Products in January 2006.
    "Jack has a successful record of having developed new businesses, such
as our Protective Packaging operations which he grew from inception, and of
leading and enhancing more mature businesses such as our Industrial
Products business, Sonoco's largest operation. He has also gained important
international experience, with responsibilities for operations in Europe,
Asia, Latin America and North America. Jack's ability to identify and
develop the right people for the right jobs will continue to serve the
Company well," said DeLoach.
    Sonoco, founded in 1899, is a $3.5 billion global manufacturer of
consumer and industrial packaging products and provider of packaging
services, with more than 300 operations in 35 countries serving customers
in some 85 nations. Additional information about Sonoco is available at
http://www.sonoco.com.


SOURCE Sonoco




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