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| Sonoco leaders |
Major James Lide Coker
Chief executive officer
1899–1918
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The founder
A man more interested in the process of accomplishment than the personal rewards. His founding principles for the company included: "For employees – a good wage, good working conditions and fair treatment. For customers – service, fair prices and quality." |
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Charles Westfield Coker
Chief executive officer
1918–1931
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Thebuilder
As our first salesman, Charles Westfield Coker set out to build upon Southern Novelty Company's early accomplishments. During his term, we laid out basic employee and customer policies that are still being followed today. In 1923, he began Sonoco's move into international markets through an affiliation with T.P.T. of England.
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James Lide Coker, III
Chief executive officer
1931–1961 |
The diversifier
Under his leadership, we expanded both its plant structure and its earnings. He began to diversify Sonoco, spearheading expansion into new markets, both domestically and internationally. His leadership set the stage for the second half of Sonoco's first century.
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Charles W. Coker
Chief executive officer
1970–1976 |
The producer
C.W. Coker aggressively pursued product diversification and expanded manufacturing facilities to ensure steady corporate growth. Under his leadership, Sonoco began expanding beyond tubes and cores into consumer packaging like composite cans. |
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Charles W. "Charlie" Coker
Chief executive officer
1976–1998
Chairman
1990–2005
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The world's packager
When Charlie Coker took over as president in 1970, sales were $125 million with 6,000 employees in 61 operations. When he moved from CEO to chairman in 1998, our global sales were $2.6 billion with 16,500 employees at nearly 275 locations on five continents. |
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Peter C. Browning
President, chief operating officer
1996–1998
President and CEO
1998–2000
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PeterBrowning joined Sonoco as executive vice president in 1993, with responsibilities for our global industrial products and paper divisions. He led Sonoco into its second century with a strategy based on four drivers:
- Top line, global growth
- Productivity increases
- Capital effectiveness and
- People, culture and values
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Harris E. DeLoach, Jr.
Chief executive officer
2000–present
Chairman
2005–present
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HarrisDeLoach, Jr. was named chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer in April 2005.
Previously he was president and chief executive officer from July 2000-2005 and chief operating officer April-July 2000. In 1999, he was promoted to senior executive vice president. From 1999-2000 he was senior executive vice president global industrial products/paper/molded plastics; and from 1996-1998 he was executive vice president, high density film, industrial container, fibre partitions, protective packaging, molded plastics and wire and cable reels. He joined Sonoco in 1985 as general counsel.
Under his leadership, the company is forging new areas of growth by focusing on core competencies and developing new strategies to serve customers with packaging product and service solutions.
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