NPE 2015 | exhibition preview
NPE set to break records
The US NPE plastics trade fair takes place on 23-27 March and it is likely to be the largest ever, with more than 60,000 visitors expected to view displays by some 2,000 exhibitors over more than 106,000m2
of exhibition
space. And according to show organiser, the US Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI), more than 400 of those exhibitors will have equipment running on their stands. The fi ve-day event will be the 28th
NPE, but only the
second to be held in its new home at the Orange County Convention Centre in Orlando, Florida. Expectations for the show are high - and with good reason. The reloca- tion after 40 years from Chicago to Orlando in 2012 – principally to control escalating exhibitor costs – was a risky move on SPI’s part but one that paid off well. The Orlando exhibition centre together with the city authorities pulled out all the stops to make NPE 2012 a success. There’s no reason to assume Orlando will be any less welcoming this time around. NPE 2012 took place as the US economy began its
recovery from the downturn. Exhibitor mood was optimistic then and is even better now. While the IMF recently downgraded its forecast for global growth for 2015 to 3.5%, the US was the sole major world economy to see its economic performance expectation lifted (from 3.1% to 3.6%). US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) data released
last month showed real US GDP increased at an annual rate of 5% during the third quarter of last year. In addition, the BEA data showed industry’s contribution to GDP increased by more than 21% during the quarter, following a 6% increase in the second quarter.
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Orange County Centre next month. Organiser SPI says this 28th
NPE 2015 returns to Orlando’s event
will be the biggest ever US manufacturers are also investing to support
future growth. BEA’s data shows investment in indus- trial equipment was up 16% in the third quarter of last year compared to the same period in 2013. And data from the US Census Bureau shows the value of industrial machinery orders for the fi rst nine months of 2014 to be 34% ahead of the 2013 period. If you take the view that visitors go to plastics trade
shows primarily to see and buy machinery and equip- ment then the scene is set for a great NPE. The most recent data from the SPI’s Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES) shows US quarterly plastics machinery shipments have been running at near record levels now for close to three years. In the third quarter of last year, shipments of primary processing equipment (injection moulding, extrusion and blow moulding equipment) totalled $304.1m. That was only 2% below the 10-year record result for the same period in 2013 and 6% ahead of the second quarter 2014 fi gures. While shipments of injection moulding machinery were down by 4% in value
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Main image: Orlando’s
Orange County Convention Center will host the 28th
NPE show next month
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