Amcor history

1868 Samuel Ramsden builds his own mill and begins production with the Number One Paper Machine.

In 1885 David Henry Dureau became Brown's Melbourne partner.

Later that year, the 1936 Wood Pulp Agreement Act was passed by the Victorian parliament and led to the establishment of the Maryvale pulp mill.

The company still operated with a decreased staff, but despite this and other hardships--such as a coal strike in New South Wales and further bush fires in 1944--the company managed to continue the expansion of its mills.

Also, the war demanded self-sufficiency in fuel; in 1946, the company acquired a controlling interest in Maddingley Brown Coal Pty.

In 1963, it established the jointly owned Kimberly-Clark Australia Ltd., in partnership with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation of the United States.

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In 1975 Stan Wallis became the deputy managing director of APM, which marked the beginning of many years of strong leadership for the company.

1978 APM sets plans in motion to purchase Brown & Dureau.

On May 1, 1986 APM became Amcor Limited, a name that has become increasingly well known throughout the world for its packaging innovation and its global reach.

But in August 1987, Amcor received the New Zealand Commerce Commission's decision: the merger would not go ahead.

In the financial year 1988-89 it bought 46 percent of Sydney's Universal Containers.

In June 1989, Amcor bought Twinpak, the largest plastics containers producer in Canada with 13 plants spread across the country.

In June 1990 Amcor Fibre Packaging was formed to manage the group's international corrugated box manufacturing and related activities.

In 1994, Amcor also began operations at a new paper mill in Prewitt, New Mexico in the United States.

Activity in 1996 followed suit, as the company again consolidated its holdings with new purchases and the divestiture of inconsistent and unprofitable operations.

In 1997, the company formed subsidiary Amcor Europe.

In 2001, the company acquired CNC Containers, a United States-based PET bottle manufacturer.

In July 2002, Amcor acquired the rigid packaging and closures businesses of Schmalbach-Lubeca, headquartered in Ratingen, Germany.

In 2003, Amcor bought the PET injection and blow molding assets of Mexico's Embotelladoras Arca S.A. de C.V.

During 2004 Amcor found itself at the center of an investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) for cartel, or price-fixing, activity.

In July 2005, Ken MacKenzie was named managing director.

In 2007, Amcor sold its European PET business to La Seda, a Spain-based manufacturer.

In February 2008, Amcor announced the construction of a 400,000-tonnes per annum recycled paper mill located at its existing paper mill in Botany, New South Wales.

In 2010 the Company unveiled its new global brand to reflect the birth of a ‘new Amcor’. The new Amcor pod was created.

In 2011, Amcor acquired Marfred Industries, one of the largest independently owned packaging manufacturers and distributors in the United States.

The B9 paper machine produced enough paper to fulfill the company's Australasian paper requirements, and as a result, Amcor's other recycled paper mill in Fairfield, Victoria, closed in late 2012.

In 2015, Amcor's chairman, Graeme Liebelt, advised that Ken MacKenzie would retire as CEO effective 17 April 2015 and would be succeeded by Ron Delia.

In June 2016, Amcor acquired Alusa, the largest flexible packaging business in South America for a purchase price of US$435 million.

In January 2017, Amcor acquired Qite for US$28 million.

In August 2018, Amcor announced the acquisition of Bemis Company, a US-based manufacturer, through the acquisition of US$5.25 billion in shares.