Sonoco-Alcore to Increase Tube & Core Prices in the EMEA Region

thJune, 2024.“We continue to experience further cost increases in all sectors of our operations and supply chain, mainly related to increasing cost for core board. We are forced to pass on cost increases to the market, as we are unable to absorb them any further. Supply security and quality remains our primary focus. No shortage is currently foreseen, but we need to keep pace with this cost curve,” said Karsten Kemmerling, Division VP - Sales & Marketing EMEA.Sonoco Alcore S.a.r.l...

^th June, 2024.

“We continue to experience further cost increases in all sectors of our operations and supply chain, mainly related to increasing cost for core board. We are forced to pass on cost increases to the market, as we are unable to absorb them any further. Supply security and quality remains our primary focus. No shortage is currently foreseen, but we need to keep pace with this cost curve,” said Karsten Kemmerling, Division VP - Sales & Marketing EMEA.

Sonoco Alcore S.a.r.l. is wholly-owned by Sonoco (NYSE:SON) and operates 19 tubes and core plants and five paperboard mills in Europe including the Company's largest European uncoated recycled paperboard mill in Cirie, Italy.

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