Richard Pratt and Amcor

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Spending $A33 million ( $NZ43 million) on a new can line at ... Amcor expanding South Auckland can plant Packaging manufacturer Amcor is spending ... Yahoo!7 Finance News - 1 week, 6 days ago
Confirmed it will invest $40 million in expanding the capacity of its ... Amcor's $40m investment will double capacity at can factory Australian-owned global packaging manufacturer Amcor has confirmed it will invest $40 million in expanding the capacity of its South Auckland can-making facility.The Wiri plant currently produces around 150 million aluminium ... New Zealand Herald Business - 1 week, 6 days ago
Reported a small rise in its first-half after tax profit, to $95 ... Amcor profit beats expectations Packaging company Amcor has reported a small rise in its first-half after tax profit, to $95 million. Yahoo!7 Finance News - 3 weeks, 2 days ago
Reported a small rise in its first-half after-tax profit to $95 million Amcor profit beats expectations Packaging company Amcor has reported a small rise in its first-half after-tax profit to $95 million. ABC News manufacturing - 3 weeks, 2 days ago
Posted a 2.3 per cent rise in first half net profit and ... Amcor steady as economy goes AMCOR has posted a 2.3 ... Herald Sun - 3 weeks, 2 days ago
Posted a 2.3 per cent rise in net profit for the first ... Amcor posts first half profit rise PAPER maker and packager Amcor ... The Australian Business News - 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Amcor avoids drawn out court case, settles with Cadbury

Cadbury has won compensation from packaging heavyweight Amcor for allegedly paying higher prices as a result of Amcor’s four year cartel arrangement with Visy. Beyond their reputation, it is the ... Aus Food News - 9:49 a.m. Thursday 23rd July 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Visy customers claim damages

Richard Pratt's shock admission this week that he agreed to a cartel with Amcor may cost him far more than the estimated $40 million penalty. His privately owned packaging company ... Business Day - 7:22 p.m. Tuesday 23rd June 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Regulatory blowback

One unintended legacy of the late businessman and philanthropist Richard Pratt, who passed away more than a month ago, was that the successful prosecution of price fixing agreements between his ... ABC Unleashed - midnight Thursday 4th June 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

10 months ago

Pratt in bid for Amcor records

Billionaire Richard Pratt has demanded Amcor and two of its former senior executives hand over all documents, emails and board minutes detailing their communications with the Australian ... WA Today - 1:13 p.m. Monday 18th May 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

1 year, 2 months ago

Watchdog's methods on trial in Richard Pratt case

WHEN Visy packaging mogul Richard Pratt paid a $36 million fine last year for running a cartel with rival company Amcor, it was the biggest scalp ever taken by the ... The Australian : Travel - 11:06 p.m. Tuesday 23rd December 2008 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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1 year, 3 months ago

Pratt prosecution to go ahead

Prosecutors will push ahead with the criminal prosecution against billionaire businessman Richard Pratt. Sky News Business - 2:58 p.m. Tuesday 9th December 2008 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

1 year, 6 months ago

Shades of grey

What cardboard king Richard Pratt told Australian Competition and Consumer Commission investigators about his secret lunch with Amcor boss Russell Jones. The Age - 11:52 p.m. Sunday 14th September 2008 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

1 year, 7 months ago

Pratt prosecution could help Visy/Amcor class action

The class action pitting hundreds of small and medium sized business against packaging giants Amcor and Visy could get a leg-up from the case currently proceeding against Richard Pratt. SmartCompany - 10 a.m. Monday 18th August 2008 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

1 year, 7 months ago

Pratt demands Amcor records

Lawyers for billionaire Richard Pratt have demanded Amcor and two of its senior executives hand over documents pertaining to its communications with the corporate watchdog, The Age reports.The ... Business Spectator Alan Kohler - 8:15 a.m. Thursday 7th August 2008 EST View Article [requires registration] Related Articles Email to Friend

Pratt in bid for Amcor records

Richard Pratt demands Amcor and two of its former senior executives hand over all documents, emails and board minutes detailing their communications with the Australian competition regulator during a three-year ... The Age - midnight Thursday 7th August 2008 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

1 year, 9 months ago

Visy boss stands down

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) have accused the billionaire businessman and philanthropist Richard Pratt of lying under oath about his knowledge of price-fixing between his company, Visy, and ... Lateline Business - 11:33 p.m. Friday 20th June 2008 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Pratt quits Blues, but AJAX stays firm

RICHARD Pratt has stepped down as president of the Carlton Football Club in the wake of allegations he lied to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) during its investigation ... Australian Jewish News - 1:42 p.m. Friday 20th June 2008 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Cardboard billionaire to face more charges

Victorian businessman Richard Pratt is in trouble with the law once again in relation to his involvement in a price fixing scandal. In a summons lodged in the Federal Court ... AM - 10:29 a.m. Friday 20th June 2008 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

2 years, 3 months ago

Cardboard war

New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart is looking to join his cardboard box business with Amcor to take on Richard Pratt's Visy Group. Sky News Business - 8:31 a.m. Monday 3rd December 2007 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Carter Holt, Amcor in plot to take on Visy

New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart is hatching a deal for his Carter Holt Harvey cardboard box business to join forces with its counterpart at Amcor, in a play aimed at ... Brisbane Times - 5:30 a.m. Monday 3rd December 2007 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Amcor Limited is an Australia-based packaging company. The Company operates in five segments: Amcor PET, Amcor Australasia, Amcor Flexibles, Amcor Sunclipse and Amcor Asia. Amcor PET provides Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) packaging for a range of y beverage and food products, including carbonated soft drinks, water, juices, sports drinks, milk-based beverages, spirits and beer, sauces, dressings, spreads and personal care items and plastic caps for a variety of applications. Amcor Australasia provides corrugated boxes, cartons, folding cartons, aluminum beverage cans and household products, flexible packaging, plastic and metal closures, glass wine bottles, multi-wall sacks, cartonboard, paper and paper recycling. In April 2008, Silgan Holdings Inc. completed the acquisition of Amcor Limited’s White Cap closures business in Europe, Asia, South America and Brazil.

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