Business View Caribbean | July 2022

53 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 9, ISSUE 7 The arrival of COVID-19 did somewhat change the way Flexpak operated due to Governmental restrictions imposed on certain sectors with curfews and lockdowns, especially in the Parish of St. Catherine, where the pandemic seemed to have started in Jamaica. “Fortunately, because we are manufacturers of food packaging, we were allowed to continue working as an essential service,” Hoyow says. “Despite the fact that we were severely challenged by local transportation for staff members, we managed to keep the plant running throughout this period. We did not have to lay off any staff, which we are particularly proud of. We already had safety and sanitization measures in place due to the fact that we were strictly following our GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) program long before COVID.” Flexpak had also changed company working hours to take advantage of and make use of their daylight solar system, 7 days per week, and currently planning to upgrade this solar installation further to include a 24-hour system in the near future to further save on electricity usage. Looking to the future, Hoyow reports, “We have plans to shortly introduce some new types of re-usable bags in the marketplace which would give our customers a local source of supply rather than having to import from far and wide. This would of course involve the purchase of more machinery to achieve this. We are also planning to introduce digital printing within the next five years or so, which would again involve a huge investment to achieve this state of the art printing. This will change the face of Flexography in Jamaica, as it has already done in many first world countries. The possibility of going Public is also in the making.” All said and done, Flexpak and its dedicated people have much to look forward to in the months and years ahead! FLEXPAK LTD . Sun Chemical Caribbean Limited A Proud partner of Flexpak Limited Quality, Service and Innovation from the Global Leader in Inks, Coatings, Pigments and Advanced Materials. www.sunchemical.com