Amcor Takes Home Two Silver Achievement Awards for Sustainability
Amcor has received two Silver Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards for sustainability in 2025. One is for Vacuum Moda Packaging and another is for Once Upon a Farm™ CHEERCircle™ PE Recycle-Ready Spouted Pouch with Vizi™ Cap and AmPrima® Plus Film.
Amcor, a global flexible packaging company, received the award during the Achievement Awards Breakfast meeting held in Miami, Florida. Amcor is sustaining global leadership in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions. The awards were given in parallel to the 2025 Annual Meeting of the FPA.
The FPA Achievement Awards have tracked industry innovations since 1956, and this year out of 226 submissions, only 20 were selected to receive accolades including:
Amcor Packaging For US Beef Exports Vacuum Moda
The Amcor Moda vacuum packaging is an integrated solution for tubular rollstock and on-the-spot bag creation merited to fresh meat processors. It has been the solution for US beef exports since it cuts Saucer high matends and slice has outs by as much as 30%, slashes packing stock stricture needs and also reduces packaging SKUs by tubed printing on the tubing as it runs.
Amcor Moda producers have streamlined their operations with the solution’s implementation. They no longer use corrugated shrink bag boxes, which significantly decreases their usage. Instead, the tubestock rolls are packed on pallets. With Amcor’s tubestock, producers can create 40% more bags compared to traditional shrink bags—this lowers the required transportation and inventory space by 40%. Furthermore, the adaptable tubestock can accommodate various sizes and cuts of boneless and bone-in meats, which lowers the amount of unique packages needed to be kept in inventory. Adjustments to the dimensions and graphics of the packages can be made instantaneously.
The Eco-Cards that were manually inserted are no longer needed with the high-resolution thermal transfer printer which prints logos, dates, and time codes directly on the packaging, reducing overall materials needed for the package.
More environmentally friendly packaging films are now part of the Moda system. Traditional shrink tubestock is now replaced with Amcor Eco-Tite® that has 29% less packaging. It fulfills the APR Design® Guide requirements and passes APR’s Critical Guidance Testing. Amcor also replaces patch bags for fresh bone-in beef cuts with CBP® tubestock, claiming over a 35% reduction in material usage by weight.
Once Upon a Farm™ CHEERCircle™ PE Recycle-Ready Spouted Pouch With Vizi™ Cap Using AmPrima® Plus Film
The nutrition brand focused on childhood development, Once Upon a Farm™, produces cold pressed blends and smoothies that offer farm nutrition in a refrigerated format. With no added sugar, their products are made from organic, non-GMO, fruits, and vegetables. These products are packaged in spouted pouches that are CHEERCircle™ PE recycle-ready. Amcor’s spouted pouches use proprietary AmPrima® Plus material which meets APR Design® Guide for recyclability.
AmPrima® Plus spouted pouches with Vizi™ cap have advanced the Once Upon a Farm™ line by adding sustainable solutions for meeting complex packaging requirements of refrigerated pasteurized dairy and non-dairy foods stored in flexible liquid pouches.
Amcor’s Carbon Trust certified ASSET™ life cycle assessment shows how AmPrima® Plus material performs better on certain sustainability metrics:
- Each pouch uses 5% less non-renewable energy.
- Each pouch’s carbon footprint is reduced by 22%.
Cheer Pack North America Vizi™ cap has improved sustainability metrics, including a 22% reduction in carbon footprint per pouch. Switching to the Vizi™ cap and CHEERClassic™ standard spout will enable Once Upon a Farm™ to reduce the plastic used in the cap and spout by over 30%.
To learn more, contact:
Mary Johnson, Senior Director – Business Group Marketing
Amcor Flexibles North America
920-527-5134 | [email protected]
