Our History
1860s
Our history dates to the 1860s when Samuel Ramsden, a young stone mason from Yorkshire, arrived in Australia with his bride to seek his fortune. He established Victoria's first paper mill, on the banks of the Yarra River, Melbourne.
In the meantime...
Around the same time, in St. Louis, Missouri, 25-year-old Judson Moss Bemis founded bag manufacturing business, J.M. Bemis & Company. By the end of the 19th century, Bemis was among the largest enterprises of its kind in the world, managing the life-span of their products from cotton plant to finished bag.
Did you know?
For many years, Mr. Ramsden’s company was known as APM, or Australian Paper Manufacturers, and its products (even then) touched the daily lives of many Australians.
1970s and 1980s
In the 1970s and 1980s, Amcor added a range of diverse packaging interests to its traditional papermaking activities; business partnerships and strategic acquisitions expanded and diversified the company’s activities. With this growth, the company name of APM no longer suited our rapidly evolving, energetic company.
APM to Amcor Limited
The Company changed its name from APM to Amcor Limited to reflect the Company’s much broader range of interests than traditional pulp and paper making activities. The bold, brown logo signified paper and wood with the ‘O’ a graphic representation of a paper roll. This was an important symbolic step toward the Amcor of today.
2000s
In 2000, we demerged our paper business from our packaging businesses and began a decade of significant acquisition and growth, culminating in Amcor acquiring parts of Alcan from Rio Tinto in 2010.
The new Amcor brand
In 2010 the Company unveiled its new global brand to reflect the birth of a ‘new Amcor’. The new Amcor pod was created. A combination of green and blue colours was chosen to signify Amcor’s commitment to sustainable practices. The pod consists of five rings symbolising the five core values of the Company and the collaboration between co-workers, customers and communities.
2019
In 2019, Amcor acquired Bemis Company in an all stock combination. Combining these two complementary companies created the global leader in consumer packaging, with the footprint, scale and capabilities to drive significant value for shareholders, offer customers and employees the most compelling value proposition in the packaging industry and deliver the most sustainable innovations for the environment.
Amcor - a Global Leader in Packaging
As the company looks back over the almost 160 years of growth, we also look forward and aspire to be the leading global packaging company, winning for our people, customers, investors and the environment.
As the company looks back over the almost 160 years of growth, we also look forward and aspire to be the leading global packaging company, winning for our people, customers, investors and the environment.
Engaged and developing as part of a high-performing Amcor team
Growing and prospering from Amcor’s quality, service and innovation
Benefit from Amcor’s consistent growth and superior returns
More sustainable because of Amcor’s leadership and products
Today, Amcor deploys its global packaging expertise and knowledge of customer packing and value chains to produce packaging that is more functional, appealing, and cost effective for customers and their consumers, and more sustainable for the environment.
We continue to focus on value - creating acquisitions that expand our presence in emerging markets, improve the industry structure (primarily in developed markets), and add new technologies so that we can capture further value.
Get to know our winning capabilities and the values that guide us.
