Feb 15, 2014. /Lesprom Network/. Sonoco announced that Sonoco Protective Solutions will be increasing prices, as contracts allow, from 6% to 12%, effective February 15, 2014. The increases, which are in addition to any previously announced increases, are necessary to adjust pricing for inflationary input costs incurred as a result of continued escalating raw material and energy costs over the last 12 months, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

"Sonoco is committed to creating and maintaining a mutually beneficial partnership with our customers," said Vicki Arthur, vice president, Sonoco Protective Solutions. “We continue to work diligently to control input costs through ongoing manufacturing and procurement productivity initiatives. These efforts have helped mitigate some rising costs in the marketplace. However, continued increases in the costs of natural gas, feed stocks and raw materials have made a portion of these increases unavoidable and a part of our ongoing cost structure. Therefore, Sonoco will need to raise prices in order to reflect the higher raw material, energy and manufacturing costs.”

Sonoco is a leading protective packaging solutions and component provider with 28 manufacturing and fabrication facilities located throughout the U.S. and Mexico.