PACK EXPO International 2012

PACK EXPO 2012 Breaks Attendance Records

This year's largest packaging and processing trade show featured 1,965 exhibiting companies.

November 15, 2012

PACK EXPO International 2012, this year’s largest packaging and processing trade, took place at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL from October 28-31 and featured 1,965 exhibiting companies on 1.1 million net square feet. Preregistrations were up 10 percent from 2010, and attendance rose 3 percent to 45,300 despite extreme weather on the East Coast. PACK EXPO continues its schedule of events with PACK EXPO Las Vegas from September 23-25, 2013.

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