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Anaheim gears up for WestPack

Co-located with five other shows, WestPack returns to the Anaheim Convention Center. Medical Device Packaging conference track is chaired

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Running February 13-15, WestPack is one of six co-located shows coming to the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. The co-locators are Medical Design and Manufacturing West, Plastec West, Electronics West, Pacific Design and Manufacturing, and Automation Technology Expo West.

A WestPack highlight is the Thursday, February 15 Medical Device Packaging track that will be offered at the co-located MD&M West Conference. Chairing this track will be Jan Gates, principal packaging engineer at Abbott. Part I, from 9:00 a.m. to noon, is called Packaging Engineering. Sessions include:

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