Sonoco appoints Howard Coker as Senior Vice President, Global Paper/Industrial Converted Products, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
Coker will lead all of Sonoco’s Industrial-related businesses, including Industrial Europe/Asia/Australia/New Zealand; Tube and Core, U.S. & Canada; Paper/Adhesives, U.S. and Canada; Sonoco Recycling; Conitex; Reels; Industrial, Latin America; and Industrial, Brazil.
He will also have several support organizations reporting to him, including Global Safety; Industrial Supply Chain, Americas; and Global SPS (Sonoco Performance System).
Coker, 56, has significant international experience with Sonoco and most recently was Senior Vice President, Global Rigid Paper and Closures (RPC) & Paper/Engineered Carriers International. He also was Group Vice President of RPC & Paper/Engineered Carriers International and was Vice President, Global RPC and Plastics.
Sonoco is a global provider of a variety of consumer packaging, industrial products, protective packaging, and displays and packaging supply chain services.
