Kraft Foods selects Sonoco packaging for Maxwell House

Kraft Foods is making the switch from metal cans to Sonoco’s paperboard composite container for its Maxwell House Coffee brand.

Maxwell House is the second-largest coffee brand in the United States and Kraft has chosen Sonoco to handle conversions of its one-pound onversions of its one-pound containers.

Founded in 1899 and headquarted in Hartsville, Sonoco is a $4.1 billion global manufacturer of industrial and consumer products and provider of packaging services, with about 300 operations in 35 countries, serving customers in some 85 nations. For more information about the company, visit its Web site at, http://www.sonoco.com.