All too often, package designs start with a corrugated box and
some foam.
Smart design begins with nothing but clear goals. The best package needs an unbiased approach to materials from the start. Sonoco designers and engineers focus solely on providing you with the most efficient, lowest-cost solution that will get the job done with the least environmental impact. As the smart package takes shape, these designers consider every conceivable product and supply chain challenge: weight distribution, manufacturing, packing, storage, manual and automated handling, shipping, unpacking and disposal.
A smart package is a combination of creativity, experience, artistry, technology and cooperation.
Paper to plastic; steel to foam
Sonoco's experience with raw materials, technologies and packaging platforms includes work with paper, wood, corrugated, foams, steel and a full range of blow-molded, injection-molded, thermoformed and extruded plastics. We align the materials with your unique product protection needs.
Smarter resource use
A broad world view inspires ways to make a more sustainable package that lowers overall cost. A smart package will eliminate excess materials, reduce returns, optimize truckload space and simplify manufacturing and packaging processes while reducing solid waste and CO2 emissions. Your product in a smart package will pack, store and unpack easily and safely.
Broad-based experience
Many global, world-class manufacturers trust Sonoco to protect their product as it moves from the manufacturing facility to the end user. They understand the advantages of depending on a company with more than 100 years of experience; with 300 facilities in 85 countries; with people who devote their careers to finding smart, natural packaging solutions.
What can we do for you?
Your purchasing team knows exactly how much the package costs. But do you know how much it really costs when you factor in product damage, poor space utilization and lost customer confidence?
Want to reduce damage losses? Evaluate your current packaging? Discuss a new product that needs safe, sustainable delivery? Call Sonoco and arrange to speak with one of our protective packaging consultants.
