Feb 12, 2015. /Lesprom Network/. Sonoco has elected Sundaram Nagarajan to its Board of Directors, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

Mr. Nagarajan is executive vice president of Illinois Tool Works, Inc., (ITW) and has worldwide responsibility for the company's Automotive OEM segment, which produces components and fasteners for automotive-related applications.

"We're very pleased to have Naga join Sonoco's Board," said Harris E. DeLoach, Jr., executive chairman of Sonoco's Board of Directors. "He brings a wealth of manufacturing, engineering and global management experience, which will be extremely valuable to the Board as Sonoco continues to grow its diversified Consumer, Industrial and Protective Solutions businesses around the world."

Sonoco is a global provider of a variety of consumer packaging, industrial products, protective packaging and displays and packaging supply chain services.