Sonoco Flexibles to Expand Location in Waco

WACO, TEXAS — Global packaging company Sonoco plans to expand its Waco location this year, with the project seeing completion in early 2016. Sonoco will install a new rotary die-cut machine, slitter and rotogravure printing press, investing $13.5 million in equipment at the facility and adding an estimated 15 jobs to the area, which is a 27 percent increase to its employment base. Sonoco produces a variety of flexible packaging options, including easy open/reseal packaging systems, bags and pouches. Sonoco’s flexible packaging technologies include roto and flexo printing, high-barrier laminations, precision scoring, integrated open and reclose features, specialty coatings and films, prototyping and graphics management.