HARTSVILLE, S.C., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonoco (NYSE: SON),
the global packaging company, today announced that it has completed the
acquisition of the assets and Business of The Cin-Made Packaging Group,
Inc., a privately held, specialty rigid paperboard composite container and
large volumetric composite rectangular drum manufacturer, based in
Cincinnati, Ohio. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Cin-Made was founded in 1902 and was purchased by Robert Frey in 1984.
Today, Cin-Made designs and manufactures custom paper-based containers for
a number of consumer product company brands serving the lawn and garden,
food and beverage, personal care, pet products and gourmet markets
throughout North America. In addition, Cin-Made manufactures the
revolutionary DorPak(R) rectangular composite drums, which are manufactured
from 85-percent recycled rigid paperboard, and can be direct printed or
laminated with polyester or metallic films. DorPak can be manufactured for
large-volume packaging ranging from one to 10 gallons by volume and
provides more functionality than bags, buckets or pails. The sturdy and
environmentally responsible container provides exceptional retail
visibility for indoor and outdoor merchandising on pallets or shelves. In
2005, the Association of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators
named DorPak as the Best-in-Class new product in the non-food category for
packaging Cin-Made developed for Preen brand lawn and garden weed
prevention products.
"Cin-Made provides an important strategic fit to Sonoco's industry
leading rigid paper container portfolio," said Charles Sullivan, executive
vice president of Consumer Packaging and Services. "We are excited to be a
global producer of the popular DorPak drums. In addition to Cin-Made's
existing DorPak customers, we believe this one-of-the-kind custom container
will provide our global customers with an additional market-differentiating
packaging solution."
More information on DorPak drums is available at http://www.dorpak.com or by
contacting info@cin-made.com.
About Sonoco
Founded in 1899, Sonoco is a $3.5 billion global manufacturer of
industrial and consumer packaging products and provider of packaging
services, with more than 300 operations in 35 countries, serving customers
in 85 nations. Additional information about Sonoco is available at
http://www.sonoco.com.
SOURCE Sonoco
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http://www.dorpak.com
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CONTACT:
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roger.schrum@sonoco.com
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