Dec 03, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. Sonoco appointed M. Jack Sanders as President and COO, effective immediately. Sanders will report to Harris E. DeLoach, Jr., Chairman and CEO, as the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network. “We are very pleased to have Jack become President and COO of Sonoco. Over his 23-year career with the company, Jack has demonstrated exceptional operations leadership while running all of our Global Consumer and Industrial businesses,” said DeLoach, who has been president of Sonoco since 2000. In this new leadership role, Sanders will have global operating responsibility for Sonoco’s businesses serving consumer markets, including Global Rigid Paper and Closures, Global Rigid Plastics, Global Flexible Packaging and Global Services. He also will have responsibility for the company’s businesses serving industrial markets, including the company’s vertically integrated global industrial converting and paperboard operations. Combined, these businesses operate more than 300 plants in 35 countries. Sonoco is a global manufacturer of industrial and consumer products and provider of packaging services.