Mr. Kyle is president, CEO and board member of The Timken Company. A $3.1 billion global company headquartered in North Canton, Ohio, Timken engineers, manufactures and markets Timken(R) bearings, transmissions, gearboxes, chain and related products, and offers a spectrum of power system rebuild and repair services.
Harris E. DeLoach, Jr., executive chairman of Sonoco's Board of Directors, commented, "We're very pleased to have Rich join our Board. He brings tested executive leadership along with strong manufacturing and technical expertise working with diversified markets around the world, which is extremely important to Sonoco's global consumer, industrial and protective solutions businesses."
Sonoco is a global provider of a variety of consumer packaging, industrial products, protective packaging, and displays and packaging supply chain services.