Amcor has opened its latest world-class Innovation Centre in Jiangyin, China, bringing advanced packaging technologies and more sustainable material science to the Asia-Pacific region.
Helping to drive growth and innovation across the region, the move strengthens Amcor's position as an innovation leader, and provides customers access to its expertise to accelerate development of sustainable packaging solutions.
“We are thrilled to bring the best of Amcor’s unmatched innovation capabilities closer to our customers in Asia-Pacific,” said Mike Cash, president of Amcor’s Flexibles business in the APAC region.
“This world-class facility offers our customers in the region the opportunity to collaborate hand-in-hand with our experts to make innovative packaging ideas a reality.
“Asia-Pacific is a key growth market for Amcor and our new innovation centre is just one of many important, customer-focused investments we are making the region.”
At the core of all Amcor innovation centres are three key programs designed to encourage collaboration on how to develop, in real-time, the best solution that meets customer requirements, which will help facilitate growth.
These three key programs are:
- The Catalyst program – a flexible, collaborative and creative approach of co-innovation that allows customers to customise solutions for their markets and customers, leveraging advanced analytical and material science labs.
- The Ideation and Prototyping Innovation Lab – taking consumer insights and ideas to conduct rapid prototyping, helping significantly shorten product development and evaluation cycles.
- The Applications Lab – offering a range of production machinery testing capabilities to identify potential issues quickly and early, helping to make the product development process more efficient, cost-effective and seamless.
“As the only packaging company to establish a global innovation network, Amcor is uniquely positioned to help our customers benefit from a global approach to innovation,” said William Jackson, chief technology officer for Amcor Flexibles.
“The new innovation centre will enable us to develop the best ideas from across the globe for the regional market, greatly enhancing the customer experience.”
The APAC Innovation Centre will also serve as a base for collaboration for the packaging industry.
From in-depth research on how technology and materials, to the latest packaging and composting know-how, the Innovation Centre will allow all parties from across the supply chain and region to share best practices.
