A Flexible Packaging Special Delivery

摘要

Since the start of the pandemic, there has been a noticeable uptick in the number of boxes delivered on my block on a daily basis - Amazon, Target, Walmart, meal kits, pet products - the ease, speed, and safety of e-commerce has brought all kinds of corrugated boxes to my doorstep and those of my neighbors. But, over the past year, I have to imagine that my house is the only one on the street that has received a box filled with empty packages. But such was the case in December when a shipment arrived at my door sent from the Flexible Packaging Associations headquarters in Annapolis, Md. I had been asked earlier in the year to participate as a judge in the associations 2021 Achievement Awards, and of course I leapt at the opportunity. Having participated in the judging a few years ago, I was hopeful that by December it would be safe to conduct the judging at FPA HQ, as is tradition. But as the pandemic persisted, we decided to take things virtual and conduct the judging via Zoom.