Our History

1860s

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...

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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.

2025

2025

Amcor combined with Berry Global, creating a global leader in flexibles, containers and closures for consumer and healthcare customers. This transformative combination created a company with more talent, more resources, greater reach and better capabilities to push the boundaries of what’s possible in packaging solutions, with unprecedented innovation capabilities and scale to solve customers’ and consumers’ sustainability needs.