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PACK EXPO cracks 2018's Top 5

PACK EXPO International and Healthcare Packaging EXPO Rank 5th on 2018 TSNN Top Trade Show List

PACK EXPO International and Healthcare Packaging EXPO Rank 5th on 2018 TSNN Top Trade Show List
PACK EXPO International and Healthcare Packaging EXPO Rank 5th on 2018 TSNN Top Trade Show List

PACK EXPO International and Healthcare Packaging EXPO, which took place last October at McCormick Place in Chicago, ranked fifth in the 2018 Trade Show News Network Top 250 U.S. Trade Shows.

After a sixth-place finish in 2016, PACK EXPO International and Healthcare Packaging EXPO, owned and produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, moved up one spot in the rankings by net square footage, coming in at 1,249,751 net square feet. The biennial trade show focuses on the latest developments in packaging and converting machinery, materials, packages and containers, and components and counts the most prominent companies in the industry as exhibitors.

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