NPE 2018 | SHOW PREVIEW
NPE 2018: Global plastics industry heads to Florida
The triennial NPE show returns to Orlando this year, with more than 2,000 exhibitors. Here, we preview the show with those exhibits of particular interest to pipe and profile producers
NPE, the huge plastics show for the North Ameri- can market, returns this year, and is again held in its ‘new’ home of Florida. For the second time, the show will take place at
the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando – having earlier been held in Chicago for many years. The Plastics Industry Association – the organ-
iser of NPE – says that the latest edition of the show is the largest in its history, with more than 1.2 million sq ft of exhibition space sold. As of early April, 2,150 exhibitors had secured space at the show. “We are thrilled that our exhibit floor is in such high demand – and we’re still providing space, so our numbers continue to grow,” said Susan Krys, vice president of tradeshows and marketing at the association.
In addition to the exhibition, the show has a num-
ber of seminars – including the huge Antec techni- cal conference. Other events include: a sustainabil- ity and recycling summit; a series of seminars in Spanish; and a series of ‘Super Sessions’, including a session on material solutions for the building and construction market, presented by A. Schulman. However, the main focus is the exhibition itself –
and there is plenty on show of interest to plastics extruders. This year’s show takes place on 7-11 May.
Albis, a global distributor and compounder of technical thermoplastics, says that many of its compounds are now made at its newly installed facility in Duncan, South Carolina.
NPE 2018 – Key Information
Dates: 7-11 May 2018 Venue: Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, USA Opening hours: 9am to 5pm daily (until 3pm on final day) Organiser: Plastics Industry Association Website:
www.npe.org
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Main image: NPE returns to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando this year
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