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Under Project Spirit, Amcor’s $13 billion deal to buy Berry Global and become a global giant

Umito November 20, 2024

November 20, 2024 – 4:35 p.m.

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Amcor’s $13 billion takeover of rival plastic packaging group Berry Global took six years to complete. That’s when Ron Delia, then Amcor’s chief executive, floated the idea of merging with the Indiana-headquartered plastic products maker.

Ultimately it was left to Delia’s successor, Peter Konieczny, to seal the deal for the Melbourne-founded business, which started as the Australian Paper Mills Company in 1896 before going global.

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