The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute and the Food Processing Machinery Association promise that the shows they sponsor, PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2005 and the co-located Food Processing Machinery Expo, respectively, will be bigger and more comprehensive than the 2003 event.

A whopping 1,200 exhibiting companies (including 900 PACK EXPO and 300 FPM exhibitors) will occupy more than 500,000 net square feet of exhibit space in the Las Vegas Convention Center from September 26 to 28, 2005. Some 19,000 international visitors are expected to check out the five technology pavilions, including some that will make their debut in this year's Las Vegas lineup.