Picken

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Picken is the name of a prominent family of Scottish descent based in Victoria, Australia. J.T. Picken is considered to be the founder of the dynasty upon founding J.T. Picken's Ltd Printers which grew to become Containers Ltd - Australia's largest packaging company.

In 1982, Australian Paper Mills (APM) took over the larger Containers Ltd to form Amcor Limited, which is today one of the world's top three global packaging companies, based on market capitalization, sales, and profits. Today Amcor Australasia has an effective duopoly with Visy.

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