Metal Packaging

Create the perfect packaging for your product. Using a proven innovation process, Sonoco’s in-house design teams assist you throughout the design process—from refining packaging ideas to launching products.

Reduce spoilage and enhance food safety with Sonoco’s integrated double seaming monitoring system. This online system monitors the seaming process in real time, providing instant feedback and identifying potential seam defects.

Receive support when you need it. Sonoco’s highly skilled technical experts are on hand to support your daily business activities, providing:

• Troubleshooting analysis.
• Emergency visits.
• Equipment repairs.
• Spare part deliveries.
• Machine change-over.
• Target setting.
• Seaming and capping evaluations.

Improve your maintenance budget with Sonoco. We sell spare capping and seaming equipment parts, offering seamer and capper audits, routine visits, line validation, overhauls and service level agreements.  

Ensure optimal efficiency. Sonoco sells capping equipment, dud detectors and dryers and advises on new line layouts and instalments.

Maintain the highest standards with an experienced packaging partner. Sonoco customises technical training to meet your needs and properly equip line operators, technical team and quality department users. 

Support your team with training on can and cap making. With handy pocket guides, wallcharts and other training resources, Sonoco supports your teams with best-practice advice and machinery technical training.

Maximise your business by using Sonoco’s extensive technical support. Our lab and technical experts support you throughout the entire process, offering:

• Shelf-life recommendations and food contact support.
• Process and thermal processing assistance.
• Palletization and can-handling audits.
• Root cause analysis.
• Trial and new product development support.

Rely on Sonoco’s manufacturing network, highly skilled research and development experts, technical teams and advanced printing capabilities. We produce three-piece steel aerosol cans for degreasers, lubricants and cleaners. We offer high-quality print designs and specialty finishes at the right ratio for product safety, ensuring your product outshines competitors on store shelves.

Remain agile with Sonoco’s locally produced aerosol cans and promotional tins. Leveraging our local expertise, we create eye-catching packaging from local steel that supports the local economy and better serves your fragrance, cosmetics and personal care product needs.

Distinguish your brand with Sonoco’s three-piece aerosol cans for lubricants, spray paints and other construction products. Our variety of finishes enhances product visibility on store shelves. By incorporating the right ratio for safety, our team enhances product safety and reduce pressure-related risks through optimised design and material thickness and gauge size for your product.

Keep food, beverage and other products fresh in Sonoco’s infinitely recyclable metal packaging. Manufactured in close proximity to your operations, Sonoco’s food cans, aerosol cans, promotional tins and closures limit downtime, maintain safety and make recycling easier.

Protect households and families with reliable aerosol cans for air fresheners, cleaning sprays and insect sprays. Offering infinitely recyclable metal packaging packaging with eye-catching designs, Sonoco produces three-piece aerosol cans with local steel in the UK and Italy. Our team of local regulation experts ensure transparent reporting and progress your CO2-reduction environmental goals.

Prevent pet treat, snack, wet food and packaging waste with sustainable metal solutions. Sonoco offers food cans and promotional tins in a variety of shapes and sizes to fit pet portion requirements. Strategically located in close proximity to your operations, our facilities enable quick turnarounds and align with Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) 2030 requirements.