Sonoco-Alcore to Increase U.K. Paperboard Prices

Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l. today announced it will raise prices by 25
GBP per ton on all paperboard grades in the United Kingdom effective
with shipments on or after January 28, 2008, it was announced today by
Eddie L. Smith, Sonoco vice president--Industrial Products and Paper,
Europe.

"The rapid increase in the cost for energy, transportation, starch
and other raw materials, particularly in the United Kingdom, has made
it necessary for us to recover these inflationary expenses," said
Smith.

Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l. is wholly-owned by Sonoco (NYSE:SON) and
operates 30 tube and core plants and six paper mills on the European
continent and in the United Kingdom.