A Message from FBCA's Board President Patrick Verhelst – Resources – The Food & Beverage Carton Alliance [Skip to content](#main) Search [Members area](https://extranet.fbcaglobal.com/) [ ![The Food & Beverage Carton Alliance – Essential, Renewable, Circular](https://fbcaglobal.com/build/assets/the-food-and-beverage-carton-alliance-white-BEPKyDJn.svg) ](https://fbcaglobal.com) Menu - [ Home ](https://fbcaglobal.com) - [ About us ](https://fbcaglobal.com/about-us) - [ Our focus areas ](https://fbcaglobal.com/our-focus-areas) - [ Our global reach ](https://fbcaglobal.com/our-global-reach) - [ News & resources ](https://fbcaglobal.com/news-and-resources) - [ Campaigns ](https://fbcaglobal.com/campaigns) - [ Contact ](https://fbcaglobal.com/contact) Search [Members area](https://extranet.fbcaglobal.com/) News & resources ==================== A Message from FBCA's Board President Patrick Verhelst ====================================================== 3 March 2026 Share on:- [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://fbcaglobal.com/news-and-resources/news/message-board-president-patrick-verhelst) - [ ](https://bsky.app/intent/compose?text=https://fbcaglobal.com/news-and-resources/news/message-board-president-patrick-verhelst) - [ ](https://x.com/intent/tweet?text=A%20Message%20from%20FBCA%27s%20Board%20President%20Patrick%20Verhelst&url=https://fbcaglobal.com/news-and-resources/news/message-board-president-patrick-verhelst) ![](https://fbcaglobal.com/storage/files/patrick-verhelst-800x800-quadrantt-2400x1400.jpg?token=79e183da7aa1d1c38ac9a69df39b4242) It’s been just over a year since the Food and Beverage Carton Alliance was launched. In a period marked by rapid policy shifts, growing competition across materials, and heightened scrutiny on packaging, our community helped to create opportunities for engaging stakeholders across the value chain, reinforcing the role of food and beverage cartons as a renewable, essential and low-carbon packaging solution. Listen to FBCA's President, Patrick Verhelst (Elopak) highlight why he's proud of what we’ve achieved together, and even more proud of the people and partners turning shared ambition into measurable progress every day. For the latest updates, follow the FBCA on our [LinkedIn community](https://www.linkedin.com/company/fbcaglobal). Contact Us ---------- ### Contact #### Headquarters 250 Avenue Louise, Box 106 1050 Brussels [+ 32 2 504 07 10](tel:+3225040710) ### Media Contact For all media inquiries, please contact #### Andrew GELSTON Senior Communications Manager [+32 477 83 09 84](tel:+32477830984) ### Follow us - [ ![](https://fbcaglobal.com/storage/files/linkedin.svg) LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/company/FBCAglobal) [Members’ area](https://extranet.fbcaglobal.com/) © 2026 The Food & Beverage Carton Alliance - [ Disclaimer ](https://fbcaglobal.com/disclaimer) - [ Privacy policy ](https://fbcaglobal.com/privacy-policy) - [ Cookie Policy ](https://fbcaglobal.com/cookie-policy) - [ Terms of use ](https://fbcaglobal.com/terms-of-use) Website by [Tilt Factory](https://tiltfactory.com/) [ ![Back to top](https://fbcaglobal.com/build/assets/arrow-white-top-BrWEZQAY.svg) ](#top)