HARTSVILLE, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 2009--
Sonoco (NYSE: SON), one of the largest global packaging companies, today
announced that R. Howard Coker, vice president and general manager,
Rigid Paper and Closures, North America; Roger P. Schrum, vice
president, Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs; and Rob C. Tiede,
vice president and general manager, Flexible Packaging; have been
elected corporate officers, according to Harris E. DeLoach, Jr., Sonoco
chairman, president and chief executive officer.
Coker is responsible for Sonoco's 21 rigid paper container and seven
metal and peelable membrane convenience closure operations in the United
States, Canada and Mexico. He reports to Rodger Fuller, vice president,
Global Rigid Paper and Closures. Coker began his career with Sonoco in
1985 and has served in a variety of sales, manufacturing and management
positions. Prior to his most recent assignment, he served as division
vice president and general manager, Sonoco Phoenix; director of sales,
Rigid Paper and Plastics, North America; and general manager, Rigid
Paper and Plastics, Asia/Pacific.
Coker is a 1985 graduate of Wofford College with a B.A. degree in
business administration and received an M.A. degree in business
administration from Wake Forest University in 1990.
Schrum is responsible for the Company’s investor relations, corporate
communications and corporate affairs activities. He reports to DeLoach.
Prior to joining Sonoco in 2005, Schrum was vice president, Human
Resources and Communications for NorthWestern Corporation. He also
served as general manager, Marketing Communications and Public Affairs
for SCANA Corporation and held communications management positions with
Ashland, Inc. and Diamond Shamrock Corporation.
Schrum is a 1977 graduate of Pittsburg (Kansas) State University with a
B.S. in education and journalism and completed the Executive Development
Program at the Indiana University Graduate School of Business.
Tiede is responsible for Sonoco's North American flexible packaging
operations, including seven flexographic and rotogravure converting and
two cylinder engraving and flexographic plating operations in the United
States and Canada. He reports to Charles Sullivan, executive vice
president, Consumer.
Tiede joined Sonoco in May 2004 as president of Sonoco CorrFlex
following the acquisition of the CorrFlex Graphics' point-of-purchase
merchandising display and supply chain management business. Tiede also
was president of Bostic Packaging/CorrFlex, president of Sterling
International and executive vice president of Graphic Packaging
International, Inc. Tiede received a diploma in Business Administration
from Red River College in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1980 and is a
chartered accountant with the Canadian Institute of Charted Accountants
for Manitoba and Canada.
About Sonoco
Founded in 1899, Sonoco is a $4.1 billion global manufacturer of
industrial and consumer products and provider of packaging services,
with more than 300 operations in 35 countries, serving customers in some
85 nations. For more information on the Company, visit our Web site at http://www.sonoco.com/.
Photos:
R. Howard Coker - http://www.box.net/shared/mh5atogt8n
Roger P. Schrum - http://www.box.net/shared/uf7qsxqex4
Rob C. Tiede - http://www.box.net/shared/9ei8z3127b
Source: Sonoco
Sonoco
Robin Montgomery
843-383-7509, robin.montgomery@sonoco.com