Pack Expo racks up increased attendance
Packaging and processing professionals gathered in Chicago in November for Pack Expo International and Pharma Expo 2014, the largest packaging and processing trade show in North America. With preliminary figures topping 48,600 attendees, show owner and producer PMMI — The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies — anticipates recording a 6.5 percent attendance jump over 2012.
The four-day event, Nov. 2-5, covered more than 1.2 million net square feet of exhibit space in McCormick Place with 2,352 exhibiting companies. This was an increase of more than 19 percent for exhibiting companies from the 2012 Pack Expo.
Pre-show registration was well ahead of 2012 figures, and that momentum continued on site. Pharma EXPO, which PMMI produced in partnership with the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), clearly contributed to the surge in attendance, with twice as many attendees identifying their primary or secondary markets as “pharmaceutical.”
PMMI will present Pack Expo East Feb. 16-18 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. Registration is $30 through Jan. 21, when it increases to $60. For more information, visit the show’s website.
