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To acknowledge Women’s History Month, we are proud to announce that Keva Sonderen, of Sonderen Packaging recently made history as the first woman to be elected to the Independent Carton Group Board (ICG). Keva began attending ICG meetings in 2005 with her father, Mark, when It was common to enter a room with a sea…

No parties, no get-togethers, no potlucks. The very fabric of our culture of interacting and connecting with each other is now a “risk” we cannot take. Yes, this world is strange, but we are determined not to lose our humanity. Instead, we found a way to enhance our connection and humanity by conducting a charity…

Sonderen Packaging Recognized at National Packaging Design Competition. Sonderen Packaging recently earned an Excellence Award at the Paperboard Packaging Council’s (PPC) 77th annual North American Paperboard Packaging Competition. The packaging designs recognized in PPC’s competition represent some of the best folding cartons and rigid boxes manufactured over the past year. “On behalf of the Paperboard…

After all of the crazy has subsided, what will be forever changed, different or new? I think we are all asking ourselves this question on a daily basis. What will be the new “normal”? Will handshakes be replaced with a bow? Will hand sanitizer be strategically placed outside of every building to cleanse before and…

One of the most sought-after honors in Spokane is to be part of the 20 under 40 cohort. Matt Sonderen, 39 years old, made the cut for this well-deserved recognition at the close of 2019. “Each year Inland Business Catalyst asks our readership to submit nominations for 20 Under 40, a celebration of rising stars…

Behavior: (Websters Dictionary) manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one’s self; conduct; deportment; carriage; — used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle Fierce Behaviors: (Sonderen Packaging) a detailed explanation of cultural behaviors and expectations. They are directly related…

Keva Sonderen was reading the December issue of Seattle Business Magazine which featured the 2019 Family Business Awards. She observed that there were many fantastic family businesses and thought that Sonderen Packaging deserved recognition as well. In the side-bar of an article in the magazine, she noticed an ad for the 2020 manufacturing awards and…

At Sonderen Packaging we do our best to promote a culture of equality. One of our owners is a woman who authentically leads despite the male dominated field. We take affirmative action seriously and actively recruit women with mechanical aptitude into operator positions. Positions with skill and pressure, positions traditionally occupied by men. Currently we…

According to Second Harvest, one in eight people in the Spokane community, and one in five children, are food insecure. That means that they do not know where their next meal is going to come from. Bite2Go is a response to that problem. Bite2Go collaborates with our public schools and community partners by providing students…

We’ve always been committed to delivering quality products and strong customer service at Sonderen Packaging. Like anything we do, our process of ensuring quality works best when we do it as a team. For the past year, our new Director of Quality Management, Brian Bell, has put together a Quality Management Department (QMD) able to…