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# Latest Amcor Lift-Off seeks rigid packaging start-ups for potential investment
- URL: https://packaging-europe.ghost.io/latest-amcor-lift-off-seeks-rigid-packaging-start-ups-for-potential-investment/
- Published: 2026-05-26T06:59:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-26T07:01:21.000Z
- Author: Packaging Europe staff writers
- Tags: Amcor, Technology, Business, Rigid Packaging, Collaboration, #layout-s, #type-article, #packaging-europe, #Import 2026-09-08 15:54

[**Amcor**](http://www.amcor.com/?ref=packaging-europe.ghost.io)**’s latest Lift-Off challenge is looking for start-ups to present their rigid packaging and adjacent systems to win collaboration opportunities and potential investment.**

Led by the company’s Corporate Venturing & Open Innovation team, Amcor Lift-Off is open to start-ups offering technologies that have been validated beyond the early pilot stage and demonstrate ‘clear’ commercial potential.

This time, Amcor is looking for start-ups that focus on rigid packaging and adjacent systems. Nominated products and technologies should improve performance and/or consumer experience, unlock circularity, or open the door to new business models in one or more of the following categories:

- Shelf-life indicators
- Injection moulding processes and platforms
- Recyclable barrier technologies
- Fibre-based packaging
- Dispenser and applicator systems
- Retort and pasteurization solutions
- Smart packaging
- Rigid and flexible hybrid systems, including refill and reuse models
- Recycling, sorting, and decontamination technologies
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning applications

Applicants will be selected to present their solutions to Amcor’s R&D, commercial, and corporate venturing teams. Successful start-ups will then be able to explore commercial partnerships, pilot projects, and investment opportunities with Amcor, measuring their strategic adoption and scalability.

Submissions will remain open until **8 June 2026**. Screening and feedback will close on 20 June, with the Virtual Pitch Day taking place on 30 June.

Previously, Amcor’s[Lift-Off Winter 2025/26 Challenge](https://packagingeurope.com/news/amcor-announces-2025/26-lift-off-challenge-for-start-ups/13669.article?ref=packaging-europe.ghost.io) set its sights on flexible and paper-based packaging, including certified home-compostable adhesives and compostable additives that significantly enhance oxygen, moisture and grease resistance in packaging films.

In other news, [interpack](https://www.interpack.com/?ref=packaging-europe.ghost.io) 2026’s [Spotlight Forum](https://packagingeurope.com/news/interpacks-spotlight-forum-platforms-brand-owners-start-ups-and-more/14219.article?ref=packaging-europe.ghost.io) dedicated its stage to start-up pitches, a Science Slam for next-generation research projects, and the exchange of ideas between school and university students.

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