Do We Need This War?
Valeriy Krivoshey, chief-in-editor
07.06.2022
It's been three months since russia attacked my Ukraine and this dirty and cruel struggle between good and evil began. You know who I'm talking about. During this time, two thoughts do not leave me. The first one is how to remain a person who should work (preferably by profession), take care of the family, be grateful to our guys for their success in the war. And the second one is how not to stay for the last years of your life a person with a sense of hatred, malice and rage. Because I am a mature, experienced, intelligent person, cannot find the answer to the seemingly simple question: why do we need this WAR?
A profession holds. All these days, despite the fact that the magazine editorial staff was scattered in other cities and countries, we work. We keep in touch with each other and with our partners in Ukraine, helping them informationally. We keep in touch with the national packaging associations from the Netherlands, Latvia, Poland and other countries, the colleagues from Packaging Europe, Nord Emballage, VerpakkingsManagement, Swiat Druku and other magazines, we meet with packaging companies in Poland and other countries, we interview for “Packaging” and talk about the successes and problems of packaging in Ukraine at conferences in Amsterdam and Cologne, Warsaw and Milan, we discuss assistance to Ukrainian packers at the meetings of the international organizations like World Packaging Organisation and European Packaging Institutes Consortium. We supported the initiative of The Netherlands Packaging Centré and the Packers Club of Ukraine to establish the project "Supporting the Ukraine Club of Packagers" (see and read about all our activity on www.upakjour.com.ua).
We do not forget about our own projects. With the help of the Polish Chamber of Packaging, a jury meeting was held and the winners of 24 competitions "Ukrainian Packaging Star", "Ukrainian Label" and "Packaging of the Future" were selected (read about the results of the competitions in detail in this issue on page 41). This year we have prepared and published the second issue of "Packaging", which was sent in electronic format not only to our subscribers, but also to our partners – the packaging companies in Ukraine and other countries. By the way, The Netherlands Packaging Center and Poznan School of Logistics helped us print several dozen numbers. And now you can read the next, third issue of "Packaging".
As for the answer to my question, as they say, time will show. In time my Ukraine, our Ukrainian soldiers, our Ukrainian people who will receive an undeniable victory in this reckless massacre. Ukraine is above all! Glory to Ukraine!
Thank you for your understanding and support
Valeriy Krivoshey, Ph.D. in Chemistry
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