PACK EXPO Stats

The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (Arlington, VA), sponsors and producers of Pack Expo International, reports that total attendance (including exhibitors) at Pack Expo International 2000 was 75꽸.

Dec 31, 2000

Although that’s down slightly from the ’98 show, international attendance increased to 6괷 this year, and Solutions Conference attendance reached 937, up from 808 who attended the first Solutions Conference at Pack Expo Las Vegas 99.

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