Industrial & Specialty Plastics
Sonoco is a globally recognized manufacturer of custom and off-the-shelf plastic solutions for a broad spectrum of applications. Our industry-leading experts offer the latest innovations in the science, engineering, and manufacturing of specialty plastics. We're building the future, one custom plastic solution at a time.
Transform Your Ideas Into Cutting-Edge Specialty Plastics Solutions
Sonoco works with facilities across the globe to develop packaging options for your business, including highly sought-after capabilities like plastic extrusion and injection molding (featuring two-shot automated robotic production). Our divisional teams deliver high-quality, high-performing industrial plastic products you’ll love, with the fastest turnaround times in the industry.
Why Industrial Plastics?
Products made of industrial plastic provide a host of exciting benefits:
- Lightweight yet strong
- Easy to install
- Durable and noncorrosive
- Available in a range of colors
- Low heat conduction
- Equipped with tight seals
- Easily recycled
- Cost-efficient
- Safer to use
Bring us your specialty plastic project ideas and requirements and our team of custom injection molding experts will work with you to develop an innovative solution aligned with your goals and objectives.
Plastic Injection Molding & Extrusion
Sonoco provides tool design, production capabilities, and an engineering team to transform your concept or blueprint into a specialty plastic product tailored to your explicit needs.
Sonoco Plastics Existing Core Products
Custom Injection Molding - Automotive
Plastic parts and components tailored for virtually any application, from surgical-grade medical devices to highly engineered automotive components, across a wide range of industries.
Foodservice Plastic Smallware
Innovative plastic devices and components for QSR and foodservice markets, including our patented Accu-Salt and Accu-Taste dispensers.
Full-Service Suspended Packaging: Plastic Cores, Custom Endwalls & Core Plugs
Offering dimensional stability and strength to protect your foils, paper and sensitive films.
In-Mold Labeling & Food-Grade Molding
Offering design, prototyping, mold-making, production and assembly services to provide plastic tubs to leading CPG brands.
Plastic Spools & Reels
Delivering superior durability and cost efficiency for storing and unwinding wire, cable and other industrial materials.
Plastic Filtration Cores, Cages & Endcaps
Carefully engineered plastic filter components for the liquid, air and medical filtration markets.
Tubes & Textile Carriers
Quality plastic cores for superior protection during shipping, storage and winding.
Industry Insights
About Sonoco Industrial & Specialty Plastics
Founded in 1946, Sonoco Industrial & Specialty Plastics—a division of Sonoco Products Company (NYSE: SON)—is a global manufacturer of custom and proprietary plastic solutions. With capabilities in injection molding, extrusion, and assembly, Sonoco offers in-house design, engineering and quality support to move products from concept to production quickly and efficiently.
We serve a wide range of industries with solutions including spools and reels, plastic cores and endwalls, foodservice smallware, FSSC 22000-certified consumer and pharmaceutical packaging, ISO Class 7 and 8 cleanroom medical components, filtration cores and cages and ISO/IATF 16949:2016 automotive parts.
Optimize Your Industrial Operations With Sonoco's Specialty Plastics.
Let Sonoco's expertise help you find the perfect plastic solutions for your needs. Request a Consultation.