Welcome to the February 13 issue of Swing the Bat!  This is already the second issue of the new year and thank you to all of you who contributed ideas, projects, and news!

  

Let's make 2013 a great year for innovation, new projects, and more!  Remember that this newsletter depends on you - so please submit your ideas for content to Jessica Irons.

  

Thank you!

Sonoco Protective Solutions

  

      

Sonoco Drives Innovation with 2014 Corvette

       

GM unveiled the 2014 Corvette Stingray at the Detroit Auto Show on Sunday, January 13th. 

  

As you can see in the picture, there is a sleek black grille on the front of the car, which requires special handling during transit due to the fragile nature of the part.  That is where Sonoco comes in with our line of custom totes and dunnage known as TransGuard.  We are in the process of building the TransGuard Custom Dunnage logs (shown in gray in the below pictures) for this part so that the grilles may be safely shipped from the supplier to assembly line.

     

  

The full article detailing the release at the Detroit Auto Show can be found HERE. 

  

Please contact Steve Szasz for more details.  

Sonoco 'PePPs' Things Up for Toyota

  

  

Sonoco has just kicked off the 2014 Toyota Highlander and the 2014 Toyota Tundra projects in the Tullahoma, TN facility.

  

Sonoco will be manufacturing floor panels and dash panels out of EPP and PePP materials for these vehicles.  PePP is a special type of EPP bead that is helpful in reducing road noise heard inside the vehicle.

Up Close View of PePP

The Highlander will begin production in September of 2013 and the Tundra will begin production in March of 2014.

  

Please contact Dave Jones for more details.

Thank you for reading Swing the Bat!  I hope you enjoyed it and please remember to keep the good content coming.

  

  

  

The article we recently published in the January issue of Appliance Design was featured in "Plugged In", an Appliance Design e-mail newsletter.  Click HERE to see a copy of the "Plugged In" newsletter.

  

 

  

Our article was also placed front and center on Appliance Design's website.

  

 

  

Want to download a copy of the article in PDF format? Click HERE.

  

These articles have been a great success for us, so if you have any ideas for articles or publications in which we should publish, please contact Jessica Irons.

  

Our TransGuard returnable totes and dunnage were again featured in article posted on Packaging Revolution.

  

  

  

The article is a case study written about our success with using a special ESD material in TransGuard totes to help luxury auto suppliers ship headlights with sensitive electronics to the automotive OEM without damage.

  

Click HERE to read the full article.

  

Please contact Jorge Cedeno for more details.

  

The Internal Auditors Group in Owosso, MI just successfully completed 3 days of TS16949 internal auditors training.

  

Trainees include Darylene Dick, Julie Buchele, Leeann Mitchell, Kyle Eldred, Phil Abney, Tom Mims, Matt Bowen, John Wahl, and Joe Dvorak. 

  

 

  

Congratulations team!

  

Please contact Abid Rashid for more details.