improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . december 2006 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message amcal limited industry pharmacy retailer founder major general c. h. simpson area served australia owner sigma pharmaceuticals limited website http www.amcal.com.au allied master chemists of australia limited amcal was founded by major general c. h. simpson on 13 july 1937 starting a movement that was to greatly influence pharmacy in australia . 1 the founding group consisted of 11 pharmacists . the launch of amcal to consumers was included personal letters to each household window posters a giveaway of a tablet of soap and a brochure entitled why this is an amcal pharmacy . contents 1 australia 2 new zealand 3 references 4 external links australia edit originally amcal was a buying group owned by the members who all had shares in the amcal group . sigma bought out the members shares in 2000 with the lure of more money and better centralised marketing . it is still a marketing group however a franchise division of amcal called amcal max is now marketing under a more competitive and complient model . in australia amcal is operated by sigma pharmaceuticals limited . new zealand edit the amcal new zealand logo with the ask amcal first slogan . in new zealand amcal was a pharmacy franchise . amcal s marketing was managed by the owner of amcal new zealand pharmacybrands a division of australian pharmaceutical industries . the chain was rebranded as unichem in 2015 . references edit http www.retailtimes.net tas amcal max shearwater.php external links edit australian amcal website new zealand amcal website this article about an australian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this new zealand corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title amcal & oldid 682490247 categories pharmaceutical companies of australiahealth services companies of australiapharmacies of australiaaustralian company stubsnew zealand company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from april 2015all articles needing additional referencesarticles lacking reliable references from december 2006all articles lacking reliable referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 24 september 2015 at 02 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view