Sonoco’s Hartsville paper employees return to work following historic flood
September 21, 2018
Sonoco paper mill employees will return to work starting at 7 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 21, after Hurricane Florence caused historic flooding across Sonoco’s Hartsville headquarters that shut down all of its Hartsville paper mills.
Due to unprecedented flooding, Sonoco’s paper mill operations in Hartsville, S.C., have been shut down temporarily. Certain operations remain flooded and have experienced damage that could require those operations to be down for several weeks. However, to speed recovery efforts and minimize financial impact to mill employees, Sonoco is bringing them back to work to begin the rebuilding process after only one week of downtime.
“As I’ve been here in Hartsville throughout this event, I can’t tell you how impressed I’ve been with how our team has handled themselves, and by the resilience, commitment and ingenuity of our teammates who have worked tirelessly around the clock to mitigate as much damage as possible from what is looking like an unprecedented event,” said Sonoco president and CEO Rob Tiede. “The unsolicited outpouring of support from our teammates around the world, and here at home, speaks volumes about the character of this company and the people who choose to call Sonoco home.”
Several other facilities at Sonoco’s headquarters and across the Carolinas were impacted by Hurricane Florence as well, but most have resumed operations after minimal downtime or damage.
About Sonoco
Founded in 1899, Sonoco (NYSE: SON) is a global provider of a variety of consumer packaging, industrial products, protective packaging, and displays and packaging supply chain services. With annualized net sales of approximately $5 billion, the Company has 21,000 employees working in approximately 300 operations in 33 countries, serving some of the world’s best known brands in some 85 nations. Sonoco is committed to Better Packaging. Better Life., and ranked first in the Packaging sector on Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies 2018 list. For more information, visit www.sonoco.com.
