Fazer Confectionery has appointed Nathalie Ahlström, former VP & GM Indonesia, Singapore & India, Amcor, as managing director, starting in November this year.
Bosch has partnered with Amcor to create the best material for its SVE 2520DZ Doy Zip vertical bagger, currently used for chocolate, nuts and confectionery.
Amcor wants to simplify its packaging supply chain for customers and streamline its flexibles business by introducing five platforms; N-Gage; AmFlow; AmPET; AmLock and VisualCan.
Parker Liautaud, the youngest person to ski to the North Pole, will attempt to set a new record during the Willis Resilience Expedition, using Amcor Duratear packaging to survive the grueling 640km (397 mile) trek.
Amcor has snapped up a Chinese flexible packaging firm claiming the deal will make it the market leader in Eastern China with a strong position in both film manufacturing and conversion.
The fallout from the growing consolidation in European flexible packaging market – spearheaded by Amcor’s takeover of Alcan's European packaging operations – has transformed the trading landscape for convertors and brand owners, according to PCI...
Amcor could soon be casting its net wider in the acquisition markets after a leader analyst estimated the packaging giant had a M&A war chest of A$1.7bn (€1.3bn, US$1.67bn) to boost its portfolio.
Amcor today announced it has agreed to pay A$238m (€191m, US$251m) for its controversial proposed takeover of Aperio - its major rival in the Australasian flexible packing arena.
Fitch Ratings has maintained international packaging company Amcor’s credit rating at BBB, thanks to the group’s stable outlook and improving liquidity.
Amcor announced today that it has reached an agreement with Jarra Creek to resolve allegations that it took part in a packaging price fixing cartel, worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Amcor has announced it is to close a flexible packaging plant in Scotland with the loss of 77 jobs following a serious fire at the factory earlier this year.
Amcor’s takeover of Alcan will give the company the opportunity to out-innovate its competition, maximise supply scales and cut its cost base, said the head of its US and European flexible packaging operations.
Plant closures, overhead reductions and improved procurement will be the major platforms for up to A$250m (€154.2m) of savings Amcor forecasts it will realise in the three years following its takeover of Alcan.
Multi-national packaging company Amcor Flexibles has won the 2008 Bioplastics Award in the category Best Bioplastics Application – Packaging for its NaturePlus compostable film used to pack Sainsbury's SO Organic Wild Rocket salad.
Shares in packaging group Amcor have fallen to a ten-month low
following rising raw material costs, though the Australia-based
company expects an improvement in the second half of 2005.
Amcor, the world's top manufacturer of plastic bottles, has ousted
its chief executive after former staff in Australia were suspected
of being involved in an illegal operation to drive up box prices.
Anthony Fletcher reports.
Leading juice manufacturer Pampryl has become the first French
producer to adopt aseptically filled multi-layer PET for its
ambient-stored 100 per cent fruit juices. The new packaging, from
Amcor PET Packaging Europe/Asia, also marks...
Dairy Crest, the largest dairy food company in the UK, has become
the latest company to choose Amcor FlexCan from Amcor Flexibles for
its new diced cheese product. Dairy Crest is using the patented
innovative flexible container for...
Drinks company Stock Vital has launched its new product line, Carpe
Diem fresh, using the latest packaging technology from Amcor. The
company felt that Amcor's PET system provided the best barrier
protection, and that the firm's...
UK preserves manufacturer F. Duerr & Sons has launched its new
jam product "Squeezers", in Amcor TearStick, said to be the first
easy-open, easy-tear stickpack made from plastic film by Amcor
Flexibles.
Dutch cheese specialist Westland Kaasspecialiteiten has specified
Amcor's ReClose packaging for seven of its 'Westland' sliced cheese
brands sold in Germany.
In Australia, Amcor has launched a new closure, the Self-Piercing
Sipper Cap, which is said to be make drinking from push-pull
closures a simpler and less messy business.
Amcor, the global food and beverage packaging provider, has reached
an agreement to purchase Flexoprint and Packaging, a private
company based in Auckland, owned by Kevin Fraei and Rex de Vantier.
Amcor has announced plans to commence production of shaped cans in
Australia for a range of beverage products starting in mid 2003,
following a technology licensing agreement with Crown Cork &
Seal Company.
To meet growing demand Amcor group, which bought Schmalbach-Lubeca
earlier this year to create Amcor PET Packaging, is to invest in
excess of €8 million to double its multi-layer PET production
capacity in Europe.
Amcor's European packaging operations have come under the
microscope following a rash of profit warnings from global
companies with European operations. But analysts believe that the
company's strong presence in the food...
The Spanish manufacturing facility of leading PET bottle producer
Amcor PET Packaging Europe/Asia has been awarded the
internationally recognised ISO 14001 certification.
Amcor's profit before interest and tax for the three months to 30
September has risen by a more than healthy 47 per cent. The company
said that the increase was due to ongoing improvements in the
European flexibles business,...
Amcor chairman Chris Roberts has said that he expects targeted
growth opportunities within the existing business will deliver
improved earnings and increased cash flow, according to a report
from Asia Pulse.
The European Commission has approved the acquisition by the
Australian company Amcor of the world-wide plastic packaging (PET)
and closure businesses of the German company Schmalbach-Lubeca.
Amcor, the Australian packaging company, is now positioning itself
to become a global leading in beverage packaging production. Chief
executive, Russell Jones is playing a major part in cleaning up a
fragmented and underperforming...
Amcor, the fast-growing Australian packaging group, has confirmed
that it is to buy most of the assets of Schmalbach-Lubeca, its
German rival, in a $1.56 billion (€1.7bn) deal that will more than
double its sales, making it one of...
Australian packaging company Amcor has said it plans to buy the
polyethylene container and closure assets of Germany's
Schmalbach-Lubeca for A$2.875 billion (€1.7bn).
Amcor, the Australian group which is the world's fourth-largest
packaging company, has continued its foray into the European market
with the acquisition of Tobepal SA, the flexible packaging and
extrusion unit of Spain's...
