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Our next speaker, next Company in the packaging schedule is Sonoco Products.  I am happy to introduce CEO Harris DeLoach; Charlie Hupfer, CFO; and Roger Schrum from Investor Relations. So with that, gentlemen, the floor is yours. Thank you. ...

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Good geographic and end-market diversity; Effective price-cost management; and Track record of strong and relatively consistent free cash generation. Mature and cyclical end markets for industrial packaging; Volatile raw material and energy costs; and Potential moderate-size, debt-financed acquisitions. The ratings on Hartsville, S.C.-based Sonoco Products Co. reflect its satisfactory business profile, its longstanding track record of fairly stable earnings and cash flow, and its moderate financial policies. With annual sales of about $4 billion, Sonoco has a leading position in paperboard tubes and cores and other paperboard packaging products, serving both industrial and consumer markets. In addition, it competes in other segments of the packaging market. 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