Amcor will present new facial skincare packaging, including the Magic One airless dispenser and extensions to its Prima Jar and Ocyl bottle ranges, at LUXE PACK Monaco on 28-30 September 2026. The company says the new products are designed to accommodate post-consumer recycled content and to comply with the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.
Why this mattersAdds premium, PPWR-compliant rigid formats to Amcor's beauty portfolio as brand owners face tightening recycled-content and eco-modulation requirements in France and the EU.
- Amcor will showcase the products at LUXE PACK Monaco, 28-30 September 2026, on stand DB07.
- Magic One is an airless dispenser with 0.3 ml precise dosing and a 96% restitution rate.
- Prima Jar and Ocyl bottle ranges are manufactured in France and are being extended.
- New products are designed to include post-consumer recycled material, subject to availability, to access France's EPR eco-modulation.
- Each new product is designed to comply with the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).
The National Association for PET Container Resources has published a decarbonisation roadmap for PET beverage bottles, developed with consultancy Eastern Research Group, setting out a pathway to cut life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions intensity by more than half by 2050 using existing technologies. The roadmap models total US PET industry emissions falling from about 3.3 million tonnes CO2e to 1.9 million tonnes by 2050 even as production volumes rise, driven mainly by bottle lightweighting and renewable energy adoption. Amcor, Plastipak Packaging, Indorama Ventures, Alpek Polyester, Husky Technologies, Niagara Water, Southeastern Container and Western Container took part in surveys underpinning the analysis.
Why this mattersA credible, peer-reviewed sector roadmap gives PET converters and brand owners a benchmark to defend the material against substitution by glass, metal or alternative packaging.
- Roadmap targets a 57% reduction in PET bottle life-cycle GHG emissions intensity by 2050 versus current levels.
- Total US PET industry annual emissions modelled to fall from about 3.3 million tonnes CO2e to 1.9 million tonnes by 2050.
- 16.9-ounce PET water bottle system emissions intensity could fall about 44% by 2035 versus 2023 baseline.
- Carbonated soft drink bottle systems studied could see emissions intensity cuts of roughly 35% to 43% by 2035.
- The 'cut-off' life-cycle method would show an 83% reduction using the same levers, versus 57% under the more conservative 'system expansion' method used.
- Study was funded by NAPCOR and developed by Eastern Research Group, with input from Amcor, Plastipak Packaging, Indorama Ventures, Alpek Polyester, Husky Technologies, Niagara Water, Southeastern Container and Western Container.
A major fire broke out on 14 September 2026 at an Amcor Plastics facility on London Road in Beccles, Suffolk, requiring 14 fire crews to bring it under control. The blaze is understood to have gutted neighbouring industrial units and no injuries have been reported; the cause is under investigation.
Why this mattersAny lost output at the Suffolk site would fall on regional customers until Amcor establishes the extent of the damage and restores production.
- Fire occurred on 14 September 2026 at Amcor Plastics, London Road, Beccles, Suffolk
- 14 fire crews responded to the blaze
- Neighbouring industrial units are understood to have been gutted
- No injuries reported
- Health, power and environmental agencies were alerted as a precaution
- Cause of the fire remains under investigation
Amcor and Chinese premium pet food brand Ge Wu An have launched the Li Kou pet food cup, an inverted-cup wet pet food pack combining a polypropylene cup, top lidding film and bottom seal film. The companies say it is the first commercial deployment of this packaging format in China, developed over more than a year through Amcor's Catalyst customer collaboration platform. The design aims to replace traditional pull-ring cans, simplifying serving and reducing packaging weight.
Why this mattersA commercially deployed lightweight alternative to metal pet food cans could accelerate flexible packaging's inroads into a category still dominated by rigid formats.
- Li Kou is described as the first commercial deployment of an inverted-cup packaging format in China.
- The pack combines a polypropylene cup body, top lidding film and bottom seal film.
- Design allows peel, invert, tear and lift to release wet pet food in one piece.
- The format is positioned as a lighter alternative to traditional aluminium cans.
- Amcor and Ge Wu An developed the product jointly for more than a year via Amcor's Catalyst innovation platform.
- Ge Wu An is a premium pet food brand of Jianmo Biotechnology Co., Ltd., focused on wet pet food in China.
