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PREVIEWING PACK EXPO EAST 2022
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ast year’s wildly successful PACK EXPO Las Vegas proved to the packaging community not only that pandemic era in-person events can be done, but they can be done safely and executed well. Carrying momentum from September 2021’s PACK EXPO Las Vegas, PMMI continues on its industry reunification tour, this time with the returning regional hit PACK EXPO East 2022. With many of the nation’s CPGs, and plenty of pharma manufacturers, located within 200 miles of Philadelphia, PACK EXPO East 2022 promises the full PACK EXPO vibe in an easy-to-get-to location. PACK EXPO East 2022 runs March 21st to 23rd at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. Produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the threeday event features 400 exhibiting companies and spans 100,000 net square feet, providing the opportunity for attendees to exchange ideas with 7,000 peers. The northeastern U.S. is home to nearly one-third of the nation’s top CPGs. Plus, manufacturing companies are one of the top five employer groups in the region, according to Statistical Atlas. Benefiting from this concentration of CPGs and brand owners, PACK EXPO East will address the trends and challenges driving the food and beverage, pharmaceutical and medical device, cosmetics and personal care, industrial and household chemical, and other packaged goods industries. Attendees include manufacturers, managers, engineers, production supervisors, purchasers, brand managers, package designers, product development professionals, and supply chain and logistics professionals from companies of all sizes. The show has already surpassed the size of the last two PACK EXPO East events in 2018 and 2020, which was held just before the pandemic and exhibit sales continue their upward trend. Registra-
HEALTH, SAFETY, AND LOCAL PHILADELPHIA REGULATIONS To learn about the PACK Ready Health and Safety plan and Philadelphia’s recent vaccination mandate*, visit packexpoeast.com/packready. The site will have the most updated information and details on vaccination requirements and exemptions. *The City of Philadelphia requires proof of vaccination for all venues serving food and beverage, therefore proof of vaccination is required to attend PACK EXPO East. For more information on Philadelphia’s vaccination requirements and exemptions visit packexpoeast.com/faqs. Show Management will continue to monitor any updates from all state and local directives as well as our partners at the Pennsylvania Convention Center and update show participants accordingly.
tion is also keeping pace with the 2020 show at the time of this writing. Visit pwgo.to/7466 for live stats on attendance and exhibitors. “Things have changed dramatically since 2020 and our industry has been working to keep up during this pandemic,” says Laura Thompson, VP, Trade Shows, PMMI. “There is a need to meet faceto-face to find solutions to keep up with demand and our numbers indicate that the industry is excited to come together and see the latest technologies first-hand.”
Bring the whole team Feedback from attendees and exhibitors alike has identified PACK EXPO East as a highly efficient way for end users and suppliers of packaging technologies to engage. It doesn’t hurt that the East Coast region is so strongly represented in this industry. After four successful PACK EXPO East events, a frequent theme is how accessible the shows have been, and not only to top packaging equipment and materials buyers, but also to whole teams of attendees who otherwise don’t get to go to hands-on trade shows. Attending organizations find they can reproduce a “PACK EXPO” experience for bigger portions of their teams, and can send folks they might not be able to fly to Chicago or Las Vegas. The barrier to entry is much lower for those in the northeast. “I’m a returning attendee to PACK EXPO East,” John Kuzanan, Engineer with Empire Coffee Co. Inc., says. “Empire Coffee roasts a range of coffees and we’re here to find k-cup solutions. The show is
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