Sonoco Products Company’s European subsidiary Sonoco S.a.r.l. will raise prices for uncoated recycled paperboard grades by €60 per tonne across the EMEA region, effective for all shipments from September 15, 2026.
The increase applies to the company’s industrial paper packaging division, which operates 19 tube and core plants and five paperboard mills in Europe. Sonoco cited sustained inflationary pressures, geopolitical restrictions and rising energy and fuel costs as the drivers behind the move.
Karsten Kemmerling, Vice President of Division Sales and Marketing for Industrial Paper Packaging in the EMEA region, said the company had been unable to absorb additional costs and was therefore passing them on to the market. The price adjustment follows broader cost pressures in the European paper and packaging sector, where energy-intensive production has been affected by volatility in energy markets.
Sonoco reported net sales of $7.5 billion from continuing operations in 2025 and employs approximately 22,000 people across 263 facilities in 37 countries. The company’s European operations form part of its global industrial paper packaging segment, which supplies recycled paperboard grades to manufacturers across the region.
