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Lightweight Pallets Although 85% of all unitized loads shipped in North America weigh less than 1, 000 pounds, most companies still use heavy wood pallets. Wood pallets are made to carry loads in excess of 2, 500 pounds, and can increase shipping costs, raise disposal fees, pile up in landfills and sometimes cause damage to the products they’re supposed to protect. Wooden pallets are even now prohibited by some countries and companies because wood-boring parasites love them.

Thanks to engineered composite rods, FirmaMax designs offer pound-for-pound advantages of strength, rigidity and modularity. Factory-installed rods increase stacking strength and rigidity providing less deflection than comparable plastic pallets when edge-racked. To keep cost down, you specify only the number of rods necessary to meet your particular needs. FirmaMax pallets withstand loads of up to 5, 000 pounds and don’t warp when used in edge-racking systems. They maintain dimensional stability and meet or exceed all GMA standards. As a result, you will benefit from more stable loads and less line stoppages in your material handling systems.

• Size6 to 6 grams, 23 mm and 40 mm wide, 120 and 180 mm

The perfectly designed stick pouch for the on-the-go consumer Single-serve stick pouches are designed to let consumers prepare drinks on the go, without a mess. But, all too often, they’re inadequately scored, so they don’t tear and open properly. Our SonoScore® technology allows Sonoco to control, with pinpoint accuracy, both the placement and depth of the score on both lap and fin seal applications, without compromising the barrier. We use a variety of patterns and depths to create the ultimate opening for your particular product, ensuring that the top tears cleanly and completely away from the stick pouch. A larger aperture for more consistent pouring Precise, easy opening Runs efficiently on high-speed, multi-lane equipment Product differentiation Ideal for product extensions Product protection

Many of our customers rely on us for the plastic cores that protect their investments in delicate, sensitive films. Manufactured from durable, stable plastics, including polypropylene, styrene, ethylene and ABS, our QS™ 2000 high-end film cores are designed to deliver a greater array of product protection and packaging benefits, including: Dust-free, moisture-free performance in clean environments Customer-specified lengths and winding speeds Superior crush resistance Excellent TIR control Minimum quality variation Exceptional surface smoothness Reuse and reclamation

EcoReel® Recycling Program What Goes Around, Comes Back Around. The EcoReel® Recycling Program gives you measurable savings in disposal costs and investment recovery. All you need to do is call 888ECO-REEL and arrange for a pickup of your empty wood reels or polyfiber reels and spools. Since 1991, Sonoco has been working with utility companies, contractors and distributors to collect old wire and cable reels and spools to be refurbished. The EcoReel Program is the most comprehensive, cost-effective nailed wood and polyfiber reel recycling program in the industry. And it’s the only nationwide provider of reel recycling services. Now we pick up used reels from all kinds of companies and industries. We inspect, repair and refurbish them and then return them to circulation for reuse. Flexibility in program design is a key success factor, so we collaborate with you to ensure success. And if you need details on the number of trees or amount of landfill space you are saving, we can provide a thorough environmental analysis to use for sustainability reports.

INJECTION MOLDED COMPONENTS Injection Molded Components We specialize in the design and manufacturing of injection molded components for: Electrical wiring systems Interior Class A finish components Speakers Various vehicle substrates Capabilities In addition to manufacturing, our capabilities also include automated assembly of: Complex component assemblies Multi-piece component assemblies