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Senior leadership changes at Sonoco

Staff Report //November 20, 2018//

Senior leadership changes at Sonoco

Staff Report //November 20, 2018//

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Hartsville-based global packaging company Sonoco has announced senior leadership changes effective Jan. 1.

Vicki Arthur, senior vice president of plastics packaging and protective solutions, is retiring after 34 years. Rodger Fuller has been named senior vice president of global consumer packaging, display and packaging, and protective solutions, the company said in a news release. In addition, Howard Coker has been named senior vice president of global paper and industrial converted products.

Fuller will have responsibility for all of Sonoco’s consumer-related businesses, including global rigid paper and closures and global flexible packaging. He will also oversee several support organizations, including marketing and innovation, consumer technology and supply management and logistics.  

Coker will lead all of Sonoco’s industrial-related businesses, including operations in Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, as well as Sonoco recycling and the company’s tube and core operations in the U.S. and Canada. He will also oversee support organizations including global safety, industrial supply chain, Americas, and Sonoco’s global performance system.

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