Elopak, Norway, this week announced Thomas Körmendi as its new CEO and president of the Elopak Group. He will join the company on April 1, 2018.

Körmendi is currently CEO at Kezzler AS, a Norwegian company working with the digitalization of packaging. Earlier in his career Thomas worked about 20 years at Tetra Pak in various international positions. His latest position in Tetra Pak was as VP and head of North Europe with 1,200 employees and four multi country production plants.

"With the recruitment of Thomas Körmendi, we have secured an international profile with solid knowledge of the industry to realize the strategic ambitions of the Elopak Group," said John Giverholt, chairman of the Elopak Board of Directors. "I look forward to the cooperation with Thomas to further develop and strengthen Elopak."

Körmendi will be based at Elopak's Group Headquarters in Skøyen, Oslo, Norway.

Elopak is an international supplier of paper based packaging solutions for liquid food. Wholly owned by the Ferd Group (one of Norway's largest privately owned industrial groups) Elopak is continually developing its expertise to match changing demands for packaged food.