Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> November 28, 2000

Harris Deloach – Sonoco Products Company (son)

HARRIS DELOACH joined Sonoco Products Company in 1986 as Vice President Administration and General Counsel. Prior to joining the company, he was in private law practice and served as an outside counsel to Sonoco for some 15 years prior to joining the company. Subsequently, he has had operating responsibility for virtually all of Sonoco's businesses. He was named President and Chief Executive Officer in July 2000. Mr. DeLoach graduated from the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina with a degree in Business Administration and graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law with a JD degree. Profile
TWST: Could we start out with some history and an overview of Sonoco

Products?

Mr. DeLoach: Sonoco is a $2.8 billion global packaging company founded

in 1899, in Hartsville, SC. Our basic