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Amcor is a Swiss-headquartered, Australian-founded global packaging company supplying flexible, rigid, specialty-carton, closure and dispensing solutions to consumer and healthcare markets.

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Overview

Amcor plc is a multinational packaging company headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, with historical roots in Australia and a corporate structure that is domiciled in Jersey. It develops, manufactures and supplies packaging and dispensing systems for food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, personal care, home care, beauty, nutrition, wellness and other consumer products. Its principal activities span flexible packaging, rigid plastic containers, bottles, preforms, closures, specialty cartons, films, foils, laminates, paper-based packaging and related material-science and converting technologies. The company’s origins reach back to the 1860s, when Samuel Ramsden established a paper mill on the Yarra River in Melbourne. The business subsequently became associated with Australian Paper Manufacturers, or APM, and developed from a paper and packaging producer into a diversified materials and packaging group. Amcor adopted its modern global identity in the late twentieth century and introduced a redesigned worldwide brand in 2010. The company’s heritage is therefore older than the current Amcor plc legal structure: its operating history combines the Australian paper-making lineage of APM with later acquisitions, reorganizations and international expansion. Amcor’s strategic transformation accelerated through acquisitions and portfolio development. In 2010 it separated its paper and packaging activities into a more focused global packaging model. In 2012 it acquired Aperio Group, strengthening its pharmaceutical and healthcare packaging capabilities. In 2015 it acquired packaging businesses from Souza Cruz in Brazil, and in 2018 it acquired Bemis Company in an all-stock transaction that closed in 2019. The Bemis combination significantly expanded Amcor’s presence in North America and Latin America and strengthened its flexible packaging, healthcare packaging and food-packaging capabilities. The transaction also created the current Amcor plc holding structure, with primary trading on the NYSE and an ASX listing through CHESS Depositary Interests. In November 2024 Amcor agreed to combine with Berry Global in an all-stock transaction. The transaction closed on April 30, 2025, creating a substantially larger packaging group with expanded exposure to rigid containers, closures, flexible packaging, dispensing systems, reusable packaging and healthcare applications. Berry’s operations added scale and complementary technologies, while also increasing the complexity of integration, debt management and portfolio optimization. The combined company has positioned itself as a global packaging partner focused on nutrition, health, beauty and wellness categories. Amcor’s market positioning combines scale manufacturing with design, regulatory and material-science expertise. Its customers generally require packaging that protects products, extends shelf life, supports safe pharmaceutical and medical use, meets high-speed filling and processing requirements, and increasingly incorporates recyclable designs or recycled content. The company competes by offering global account coverage, technical qualification capabilities, lightweighting, barrier performance, printing and decoration, closure engineering, specialized healthcare formats and integrated packaging development. Sustainability is a central part of the brand’s public positioning. In 2018 Amcor pledged that its packaging would be designed to be recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025 and later raised its recycled-material ambition to 30% recycled content across its portfolio by 2030. Its major sustainability platforms include AmPrima recycle-ready flexible packaging, AmLite metal-free high-barrier packaging, AmFiber paper-based packaging, AmSky recycle-ready pharmaceutical blister packaging and lightweight rigid containers. Amcor states that by the end of fiscal 2025, 72% of its packaging production by weight was designed for recyclability, while recycle-ready solutions had been developed for 96% of its flexible packaging portfolio by area. These claims concern design readiness and available solutions; actual recycling depends on local collection, sorting and processing infrastructure. The Amcor brand therefore represents both a long-established industrial company and a post-merger global packaging platform. Its present identity is built around packaging protection, convenience, performance, healthcare compliance, circularity, lightweighting and global customer support. The company remains publicly listed and active, with Peter Konieczny as chief executive officer as of 2026 and a large international operating footprint inherited from Amcor and Berry.

History

Amcor traces its corporate history to paper-milling activities established in and around Melbourne, Australia, during the 1860s. These operations were consolidated as Australian Paper Mills Company Pty. Ltd. in 1896. The early business produced paper, pulp and paperboard and later expanded into metal cans and flexible packaging as packaging markets developed. In 1986, Australian Paper Manufacturers changed its name to Amcor Limited. The company subsequently reshaped itself through divestments and international acquisitions. In April 2000, its printing-paper divisions were separated into Paperlinx, enabling Amcor to concentrate more strongly on packaging. In 2002, Amcor divested its interest in Kimberly-Clark Australia and acquired the rigid-packaging and closures businesses of Germany’s Schmalbach-Lubeca. The latter transaction made Amcor a major global producer of PET containers, although its European PET business was later sold to La Seda in 2007. Amcor continued investing in paper and recycling infrastructure in Australia during the late 2000s. A new recycled-paper machine at the Botany mill in New South Wales was commissioned in 2012 and formally opened in 2013. The project supported the company’s Australasian paper requirements, while the Fairfield recycled-paper mill in Victoria closed in late 2012. The company accelerated international packaging expansion during the 2010s. In 2010, it acquired food-packaging operations in Europe and Asia and global pharmaceutical and tobacco businesses from Rio Tinto’s Alcan portfolio. It acquired Marfred Industries in the United States in 2011, Carter & Associates and Aperio Group in 2012, and Uniglobe Packaging in India during the same year. In December 2013, Amcor separated its Australasia and Packaging Distribution business into Orora, an independently listed Australian company. The demerger allowed Amcor to focus more narrowly on international flexible, rigid-plastic and tobacco packaging. Further acquisitions included Nampak Flexibles in South Africa, Souza Cruz’s internal tobacco-packaging operations in Brazil, Encon, Deluxe Packages, Plastics Moulders, Alusa, Sonoco’s specialty containers business, Qite and a specialty-container operation in Colombia. These transactions expanded Amcor’s capabilities in flexible films, preforms, rigid containers, specialty containers and regional packaging markets. In 2018, Amcor announced the acquisition of Bemis Company, a large US packaging manufacturer. The transaction closed in 2019 and became one of the most important steps in Amcor’s development as a global flexible-packaging company. Amcor also commercialized Liquiform technology in 2018, seeking to combine container forming and filling and reduce costs associated with conventional blow molding and the movement of empty containers. In the 2020s, Amcor has emphasized recyclable packaging, material reduction, lightweighting, recycled content and circularity alongside its established focus on packaging safety and performance. It announced the acquisition of Gujarat-based Phoenix Flexibles in 2023. In November 2024, Amcor entered into an agreement to acquire Berry Global in an all-stock transaction. The proposed combination would bring together two large packaging businesses, subject to regulatory review, shareholder and other required approvals. Amcor remains a global business-to-business supplier with flexible-packaging and rigid-plastics reporting segments, serving food, beverage, pharmaceutical, healthcare, personal-care, home-care and other consumer markets.

  • 2026

    Ryan Yost takes leadership of Global Flexible Packaging Solutions

    [14]

    Ryan Yost succeeded Fred Stephan as division president for Global Flexible Packaging Solutions as part of a broader executive transition.

  • 2025

    Amcor completes the Berry Global combination

    [7]

    The merger closed on April 30, 2025, adding Berry’s packaging businesses and substantially increasing Amcor’s scale, portfolio breadth and market reach.

  • 2025

    Amcor reports fiscal 2025 circularity progress

    [5]

    Amcor reported that 72% of packaging production by weight was designed for recyclability and that recycle-ready solutions had been developed for 96% of its flexible packaging portfolio by area.

  • 2025

    Stephen Scherger becomes CFO

    [12]

    Stephen R. Scherger became executive vice president and CFO, succeeding Michael Casamento.

  • 2024

    Peter Konieczny becomes CEO

    [11]

    Peter Konieczny became interim CEO in April and was appointed permanent CEO in September after Ron Delia’s retirement.

  • 2024

    Amcor announces the Berry Global combination

    [6]

    Amcor and Berry Global announced a definitive all-stock transaction designed to create a broader global consumer and healthcare packaging platform.

  • 2022

    Amcor raises its recycled-content ambition

    [19]

    Amcor increased its stated target for recycled materials to 30% recycled content across its portfolio by 2030.

  • 2019

    Amcor completes the Bemis combination

    [9]

    Amcor completed its all-stock combination with Bemis, creating a larger global consumer-packaging company with expanded North American and Latin American capabilities.

  • 2018

    Amcor announces its 2025 packaging-design pledge

    [19]

    Amcor pledged to design all of its packaging to be recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025 and to increase the use of recycled materials.

  • 2012

    Amcor acquires Aperio Group

    [18]

    The acquisition strengthened Amcor’s pharmaceutical and healthcare packaging capabilities and expanded its technical packaging portfolio.

Products and positioning

A global, scale-oriented packaging technology and manufacturing partner for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, healthcare, personal-care, beauty, wellness and home-care companies. Amcor emphasizes product protection, regulatory performance, lightweighting, shelf-life extension, material efficiency, recyclable design, recycled content and circularity.

  • Flexible packaging

    Flexible packaging

    Amcor produces flexible films, laminates, pouches, bags, lidding, sachets and high-barrier structures for food, beverage, pet food, personal care, home care and industrial applications. Flexible formats can reduce material use and shipping weight while providing sealing, printing, barrier and shelf-life performance. The portfolio includes conventional multilayer structures as well as recycle-ready and metal-free designs developed for markets with compatible collection and recycling systems.

  • Recycle-ready flexible packaging

    AmPrima

    AmPrima is a family of recycle-ready flexible packaging structures designed to provide the mechanical, barrier and sealing performance required for demanding consumer-product applications. The range is intended to support transitions away from difficult-to-recycle multilayer formats where suitable recycling pathways exist. Applications include food, pet food, personal care and other products requiring printed pouches, bags or lidding.

  • High-barrier flexible packaging

    AmLite

    AmLite is Amcor’s metal-free high-barrier packaging platform. It is designed to provide protection against oxygen, moisture, aroma and light without relying on conventional aluminum foil in the structure. The technology is used for food, coffee, medical, pharmaceutical and personal-care applications where barrier performance is critical and customers are seeking lower-material or more recyclable alternatives.

  • Paper-based packaging

    AmFiber

    AmFiber is a family of paper-based packaging solutions designed to combine paper’s established recycling characteristics with functional barriers, heat sealing and product protection. The portfolio includes formats for dry foods, snacks, coffee, confectionery and other consumer products. Some AmFiber structures are designed for curbside paper recycling, while other variants target compostability or enhanced barrier performance depending on the application.

  • Pharmaceutical blister packaging · 2022

    AmSky

    AmSky is a recycle-ready pharmaceutical blister-packaging system designed as an alternative to conventional combinations of plastic and aluminum. It is intended to support pharmaceutical protection, product visibility, dose presentation and regulatory requirements while improving compatibility with recycling systems. The solution addresses healthcare packaging’s demanding balance between barrier performance, patient safety and circularity.

  • Rigid plastic packaging

    Rigid containers and bottles

    Amcor manufactures rigid plastic bottles, jars, tubs, containers, preforms and related components for beverages, food, personal care, home care, healthcare and industrial products. The business focuses on lightweighting, material efficiency, recycled resin incorporation, barrier properties, shape and design, high-speed filling compatibility and consumer convenience. The Berry Global combination materially expanded this area of the portfolio.

  • Closures and dispensing

    Closures and dispensing systems

    Amcor supplies caps, closures, dispensing systems and other package components for food, beverages, personal care, beauty, home care, nutrition and healthcare applications. These products are engineered around sealing integrity, tamper evidence, dosing, ergonomics, leak prevention and compatibility with bottles or flexible formats. The business includes both standard components and customer-specific designs.

  • Cartons and paperboard packaging

    Specialty cartons

    Amcor’s specialty-carton activities serve pharmaceutical, healthcare, premium consumer and other products requiring high-quality graphics, structural design, security features, tamper evidence or specialized folding and converting. Cartons can incorporate serialization, authentication, braille, child-resistant features and other elements needed for regulated or premium products.

  • Packaging manufacturing technology

    Liquiform

    Liquiform is a technology platform that uses a liquid product itself to form a plastic container during the filling process. By combining container forming and filling, the system is intended to reduce separate manufacturing and transportation steps, improve production efficiency and support lightweight rigid packaging formats. Its suitability depends on product, line and package requirements.

Controversies

  • 2006

    The A Team forestry-policy allegations

    An ABC Four Corners investigation, reported by ABC News, alleged that Amcor had been connected to a group known as the A Team that sought to influence Australian forestry-policy debates and political networks. The reporting included claims about lobbying, political access and efforts to shape environmental-policy discussions. The matter relates to historical Australian operations and should not be conflated with a judicial finding that the modern Amcor plc committed a criminal offense.

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Marketing campaigns

  • 2025Fiscal 2025 sustainability progress program

    Global

    Amcor used its fiscal 2025 sustainability reporting to highlight AmFiber, AmPrima, AmLite, HeatFlex and AmSky solutions, recycled-content progress and the integration of Berry’s circularity capabilities.

    Outcome. Amcor reported 10% post-consumer recycled plastic use in 2025 and stated that 72% of packaging production by weight was designed for recyclability.

    Source
  • 2024Decarbonization Roadmap

    Global

    Amcor published a decarbonization framework organized around renewable electricity, supply-chain cooperation, recycled content, product redesign and related operational measures.

    Outcome. The roadmap provided a public framework for emissions reduction and linked product innovation with operational decarbonization and circularity.

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  • 2018Amcor 2025 sustainability pledge

    Global

    Amcor announced a commitment to design all packaging to be recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025, accompanied by efforts to increase recycled content and reduce packaging impacts.

    Outcome. The pledge became a central organizing principle for product development, customer engagement and sustainability reporting. Amcor later reported progress through recycle-ready platforms, recycled-content use and packaging-design metrics.

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  • 2010The new Amcor global brand

    Global

    Amcor introduced a global visual identity built around a pod symbol and green-and-blue color system. The campaign presented the company as a more integrated international packaging group and connected the brand with collaboration and sustainability.

    Outcome. The identity became the principal worldwide Amcor brand system and supported the company’s post-restructuring international positioning.

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Brand decisions

  • 2026

    Flexible-packaging leadership transitionleadership_change

    Background

    Amcor reorganized senior commercial and operating leadership as it moved into the post-Berry integration phase.

    Action taken

    Ryan Yost was appointed division president for Global Flexible Packaging Solutions, succeeding Fred Stephan, who announced his retirement from Amcor.

    Aftermath

    Stephan remained as an adviser through the end of 2026 to support continuity, while Yost assumed responsibility for the global flexible-packaging division.

    Source

  • 2025

    CFO transition from Michael Casamento to Stephen Schergerleadership_change

    Background

    Michael Casamento decided to return to Australia after approximately ten years as Amcor’s CFO.

    Action taken

    Amcor appointed Stephen R. Scherger executive vice president and CFO effective November 10, 2025, while Casamento remained as an adviser through June 30, 2026.

    Aftermath

    The change was structured as a managed transition intended to preserve continuity following the Berry Global combination.

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  • 2024

    CEO succession from Ron Delia to Peter Koniecznyleadership_change

    Background

    Ron Delia announced retirement from the CEO role and board for health reasons after approximately nine years as chief executive.

    Action taken

    Amcor appointed Peter Konieczny interim CEO effective April 15, 2024, then appointed him permanent CEO in September 2024.

    Aftermath

    The transition preserved internal leadership continuity. Amcor also elevated operating and sustainability responsibilities through new chief operating officer and chief sustainability officer roles.

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  • 2024

    Agreement to combine with Berry GlobalM&A

    Background

    Amcor aimed to broaden its portfolio, increase exposure to higher-growth consumer and healthcare categories, expand its rigid and dispensing capabilities and achieve greater scale.

    Action taken

    Amcor and Berry Global entered into an all-stock merger agreement, with Berry shareholders receiving Amcor shares under a fixed exchange ratio.

    Aftermath

    The merger closed on April 30, 2025. The combination significantly expanded Amcor’s global footprint and product range while creating substantial integration, leverage and portfolio-management responsibilities.

    Purchase consideration. Approximately US$10.4 billion, plus approximately US$5.2 billion of Berry debt assumed (Transaction completed April 30, 2025)

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  • 2019

    Completion of the Bemis combinationM&A

    Background

    Amcor sought greater scale in flexible packaging and a stronger position in North America, while Bemis had complementary consumer, food and healthcare packaging capabilities.

    Action taken

    Amcor completed an all-stock combination with Bemis through a newly created Amcor plc holding structure.

    Aftermath

    The transaction created a larger global packaging platform, expanded North American operations and strengthened the company’s flexible packaging, healthcare and food-packaging portfolio.

    Transaction value. Approximately US$6.8 billion announced transaction value (2018 announcement; completed 2019)

    Source

  • 2018

    Commitment to recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging designStrategy

    Background

    Packaging companies faced growing pressure from brand owners, regulators and consumers to reduce waste, improve recyclability and increase recycled-material use.

    Action taken

    Amcor pledged to design all packaging to be recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025 and subsequently established additional recycled-content targets.

    Aftermath

    The commitment shaped Amcor’s development of recycle-ready flexible packaging, paper-based formats, healthcare packaging and material-reduction initiatives. The company later reported substantial progress but acknowledged that real-world recycling depends on infrastructure and local systems.

    Source

Recent events

  • Amcor honored for PP Revolution dip cups[21]

    Amcor was honored by the U.S. Plastics Pact for its PP Revolution dip cups.

  • Amcor packaging wins two 2026 Tube of the Year Awards[22]

    Amcor earned two 2026 Tube of the Year Awards for packaging created in collaboration with Ocean Potion and Every Man Jack. Its packaging received honors in the Pharmaceutical and Personal Care categories.

  • Reported

    Amcor launches AmFiber paper-based packaging platform[23]

    Amcor launched AmFiber, a platform of paper-based packaging products designed to offer features and functional benefits across multiple applications.

  • Reported

    Amcor announces global price increases[24]

    Amcor announced price increases of up to 15% for products across its global businesses, effective January 1, 2022. The increases vary by customer, region, and product type.

  • Reported

    Amcor opens healthcare packaging facility in Singapore[25]

    Amcor announced the opening of its new healthcare packaging facility in Tuas, Singapore, equipped with cleanroom manufacturing environments and packaging film and printing capabilities.

  • Unconfirmed

    Amcor produces recyclable powdered-chocolate packaging for Latin America[26]

    Amcor produced what it describes as Latin America's first designed-to-be-recycled plastic packaging for powdered chocolate. The new 25g sachet format was stated to be available to consumers in Colombia that month.

  • Amcor wins two Flexible Packaging Association achievement awards[27]

    Amcor received two gold Flexible Packaging Association achievement awards for its dual-chamber pouch and Shield Pack clear high-barrier aseptic IBC liner.

  • Reported

    Amcor appoints Susan Carter to its board[28]

    Amcor announced that Susan Carter was appointed as a non-executive director and a member of the board's audit committee, effective January 1, 2021.

  • Reported

    Amcor launches Eco-Tite R recyclable shrink bag in Europe[29]

    Amcor launched Eco-Tite R in Europe, describing it as a recyclable, PVDC-free shrink bag for fresh and processed meat, poultry and some cheeses.

  • JD Farm and Amcor launch RFID-enabled millet packaging[30]

    JD Farm and Amcor jointly launched a custom 2 kg packaging product for Yang Fei millet that integrates an RFID/NFC chip for product authentication and traceability; the article says it was to be introduced into JD Farm's premium agricultural product range.

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  1. 1Amcor historyamcor.com
  2. 2Amcor corporate governance and board of directorsamcor.com
  3. 3Amcor executive officersamcor.com
  4. 4Amcor 2025 Sustainability Reportamcor.com
  5. 5Amcor FY25 sustainability report announcementamcor.com
  6. 6Amcor and Berry Global combination announcementamcor.com
  7. 7Completion of Amcor and Berry Global combinationpackagingsolutions.amcor.com
  8. 8Amcor and Bemis combination announcementamcor.com
  9. 9Completion of Bemis acquisitionamcor.com
  10. 10Amcor CEO transition announcementamcor.com
  11. 11Appointment of Peter Konieczny as CEOamcor.com
  12. 12Appointment of Stephen Scherger as CFOamcor.com
  13. 13Senior executive appointmentsamcor.com
  14. 142026 leadership appointmentsamcor.com
  15. 15Amcor fiscal 2025 SEC filingsec.gov
  16. 16Amcor fiscal 2025 acquisition disclosuressec.gov
  17. 17ABC News report on The A Team investigationabc.net.au
  18. 18Amcor Wikipedia reference articleen.wikipedia.org
  19. 19Amcor announces its 2025 packaging-design pledgeassets.ctfassets.net
  20. 20Decarbonization Roadmapsustainability.amcor.com
  21. 21Amcor凭借PP Revolution蘸料杯获表彰miragenews.com
  22. 22Amcor 包装荣获两项 2026 年度软管大奖miragenews.com
  23. 23Amcor推出AmFiber纸基包装平台finanznachrichten.de
  24. 24安姆科宣布全球涨价prnewswire.com
  25. 25Amcor在新加坡启用医疗保健包装设施prnewswire.com
  26. 26Amcor为拉丁美洲生产可回收的巧克力粉包装miragenews.com
  27. 27Amcor荣获两项柔性包装协会成就奖miragenews.com
  28. 28Amcor任命Susan Carter进入董事会prnewswire.com
  29. 29Amcor在欧洲推出Eco-Tite R可回收收缩袋prnewswire.com
  30. 30京东农场与安姆科推出内嵌RFID芯片的小米包装rfidworld.com.cn
  31. 31Alpla 收购 Amcor 在印度的 PET 瓶胚工厂canplastics.com
  32. 32Amcor launches first recyclable shrink bag for cheesedairyreporter.com
  33. 33Amcor launches new platform for paper-based packagingprintweek.in
  34. 34Amcor unveils recyclable shrink bag for meat, poultry and cheesepackagingeurope.com

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