Sonoco Plastics - Forest City, NC
Sonoco Industrial Plastics
Sonoco Plastics — Forest City, NC
Advanced contract injection molding across commodity resin platforms.
Facility overview
Sonoco’s Forest City, North Carolina plant runs full-service injection molding from 110 to 600 ton presses, with shot sizes from 4.3 to 90 ounces. Robotic automation, an on-site tool maintenance shop, and food-grade warehouses support high-volume production for food-safe and industrial parts. The plant holds ISO 9001:2015 and FSSC 22000 certification and serves food and beverage, wire and cable, filtration, and textile customers.
Capabilities & Materials
Capabilities
The Forest City plant supports your part from design through finished assembly:
- Injection molding: 110 to 600 ton presses with shot sizes from 4.3 to 90 ounces.
- Engineering and DFM: 3D design, finite element analysis, mold flow analysis, and mold sourcing from prototype through Class 101 tooling.
- Post-molding: ultrasonic welding, solvent bonding, milling, machining, and finished assemblies.
- Food-safe production: an FSSC 22000 certified injection molding area and food-grade warehouses.
Materials processed
Forest City runs commodity resins, including polystyrene and reprocessed polystyrene, ABS and reprocessed ABS, SAN, HDPE, polyethylene, polypropylene and reprocessed polypropylene, talc-filled polypropylene and reprocessed talc-filled polypropylene, and co-polymer.
Industries served
The Union plant molds and extrudes parts for:
- Food and beverage
- Filtration
- Wire and cable
- Textile
- Specialty spools
- Protective
- Adhesive and sealant
Quality assurance
ASQ-certified professionals support every stage. Quality capabilities include first piece layouts by optical coordinate measuring machine, custom gages for improved Gage R&R, raw material traceability, calibration traceable to national standards, and certificates of analysis and compliance.
Start your project in Forest City, NC
From concept to production with industry-leading turnaround times. Request a quote or contact this location to get started.