Sonoco Products Company Announces Demise of Tomás López Chief Executive Officer of Sonoco Metal Packaging EMEA

Published: 2025-06-30 15:05:39 ET SON

Published on 06/30/2025 at 15:05

Sonoco Products Company announced that European can-making industry leader Tomás López died in his hometown of Murcia, Spain. López most recently was Chief Executive Officer of Sonoco Metal Packaging EMEA. López began his career in can making in 1980 with Mivisa Envases, and helped build the company into the largest food can producer in the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco while becoming CEO in 2005.

Crown Holdings Inc. acquired Mivisa in 2014 and in 2021 Crown?s EMEA food and consumer packaging assets were sold to KPS Capital Partners, LP, to form Eviosys under the leadership of López. Eviosys was acquired by Sonoco in December 2024 with López remaining CEO of the newly branded Sonoco Metal Packaging EMEA.