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Industrial & Specialty Plastics

Sonoco is a globally recognized manufacturer of custom and off-the-shelf plastic solutions for a broad spectrum of applications. Our industry-leading experts offer the latest innovations in the science, engineering, and manufacturing of specialty plastics. 

Transform Your Ideas Into Cutting-Edge Specialty Plastics Solutions

Sonoco works with facilities across the globe to develop packaging options for your business, including highly sought-after capabilities like plastic extrusion and injection molding (featuring two-shot automated robotic production). Our divisional teams deliver high-quality, high-performing industrial plastic products you’ll love, with the fastest turnaround times in the industry. 

Why Industrial Plastics?

Products of industrial plastic provide a host of exciting benefits: 

  • Lightweight yet strong
  • Easy to install
  • Durable and noncorrosive
  • Available in a range of colors
  • Low heat conduction
  • Equipped with tight seals
  • Easily recycled
  • Cost-efficient
  • Safer to use

Bring us your specialty plastic project ideas and requirements and our team of custom injection molding experts will work with you to develop an innovative solution aligned with your goals and objectives.

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Custom Molder Plastic Solutions

Plastic Injection Molding & Extrusion

Sonoco provides tool design, production capabilities, and an engineering team to transform your concept or blueprint into a specialty plastic product tailored to your explicit needs.

Sonoco Plastics Existing Core Products

Plastic Cores & Textile Carriers

Quality plastic cores for superior protection during shipping, storage and winding.

Plastic Endwalls & Plugs

Offering the dimensional stability and strength to protect your foils, paper and sensitive films.

Plastic Spools & Reels

Delivering superior durability and cost efficiency for storing and unwinding wire, cable and other industrial materials. 

Foodservice Smallware

Innovative plastic devices and components for QSR and foodservice markets, including our patented Accu-Salt and Accu-Taste dispensers.

Medical Components & Plastic Dose Cups

Clean room technology for plastic injection molding medical and surgical grade components.

Plastic Filtration Cores, Cages & Endcaps

Carefully engineered plastic filter components for the liquid, air and medical filtration markets. 

Plastic Containers for Adhesive Caulk

Home to the largest portfolio of plastic containers for adhesives, sealants and caulking.

Industry Insights

Innovation

High-Level Expertise Required for High-Performance Plastic

The global demand for high-performance engineering plastics continues to rise, largely because of their remarkable mechanical properties and resistance to a broad range of harsh conditions.
Business

Made in America is Making a Comeback

Before the early 1980’s, manufacturing was largely a domestic process in the United States. But as advances in technology, communications and transportation opened the doors to a global economy, businesses began taking advantage of manufacturing overseas.
Innovation

Successful Injection Molding: Top 3 Pitfalls to Avoid

The popularity of injection molding for the mass production of plastic items is attributable to a lengthy list of benefits, from low costs and high production rates to reduced scrap, material flexibility and unmatched repeatability.

Optimize Your Industrial Operations With Sonoco's Specialty Plastics.

Let Sonoco's expertise help you find the perfect plastic solutions for your needs. Request a Consultation::