How important is NPE2009?
NPE2009 will be the world’s largest plastics-industry event of the year, comprising an international plastics exposition, special design and technology programs, and a business conference, plus major co-located events. In the NPE trade show produced by The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (SPI), a total of 2,000 companies will exhibit on 1,000,000 sq.ft. (93,000 sq.m), more than a third of them coming directly from outside the U.S. About 75,000 plastics professionals from 120 countries are expected to register. In addition, NPE2009 will be co-located with ANTECâ„¢ 2009, the world’s largest plastics technical conference, the MoldMaking Expo trade show and conference, and the “Coatings for Plastics” conference of the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology.