NPE Trade Show

Member companies of SPI, the Plastics Industry Trade Assn., specifically those that exhibited in at least 15 of SPI’s past 26 NPE Shows, came out of their “pre-drawing” for exhibit space with more than they expected: about one-fifth of the total anticipated exhibit space is already booked.



Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI; Washington, DC) member companies that have exhibited in at least 15 of the 26 NPEs participated in a lottery on Monday that will determine the initial order in which exhibitors choose space for NPE2012 in Orlando. The 64 participating companies were grouped by exhibiting history, according to Gene Sanders, Sr. VP trade shows SPI, with the Member 26 group, for example, consisting of companies that have exhibited at all 26 NPEs.

For companies that will exhibit at NPE2012, the show starts long before opening day. January 12-14, 2011 has just been set for the booth Space Draw by the show's organizer SPI, and naturally the drawing will take place at NPE's new venue-Orlando, FL. And there are several deadlines to be met before the drawing takes place. Read on.

In addition to changing the location of its triennial show from Chicago to Orlando, the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) also shifted the dates for NPE, moving from June to April, and creating the potential for conflicts with other industry events.

The new roster of officers for SPI, the U.S. plastics industry trade association based in Washington, D.C. has been announced, following an election held during the group's national board meeting in mid-October. The new chairman of the board is Chris Keller, president of the Conair Group (Cranberry Twp., PA).

The full slate of elected officers includes:
Vice Chairman - Jay Cude, President and CEO, Coeur Inc. (Lebanon, TN)
Treasurer - Fred Daniell, Chief Operating Officer, Kureha America Inc. (New York, NY)

Today, in "NPE Central," you'll find the combined, expert reporting of Injection Molding Magazine and Modern Plastics Worldwide bringing you the last word in significant developments from NPE2009, plus all of our other NPE2009 coverage. Our post-show wrapup from our special September combo issue can be found here.

Held during what will be recorded as the worst recession in decades, June’s NPE2009 trade show in Chicago generated its fair share of heated discussion, but there is no question that the show exhibitors brought an incredible array of technology to the Windy City, technology offering processors a way to move well ahead of their peers. Injection Molding Magazine and Modern Plastics Worldwide have combined to bring you comprehensive post-show coverage of the significant developments introduced at NPE2009.

Held during what will be recorded as the worst recession in decades, June’s NPE2009 trade show in Chicago generated its fair share of heated discussion, but there is no question that the show exhibitors brought an incredible array of technology to the Windy City, technology offering processors a way to move well ahead of their peers. Injection Molding Magazine and Modern Plastics Worldwide have combined to bring you comprehensive post-show coverage of the significant developments introduced at NPE2009.

Our extensive post-NPE2009 coverage continues here in this web exclusive. Visit "NPE Central" at our Plastics Today site for the coverage from our September issue.

Held during what will be recorded as the worst recession in decades, June’s NPE2009 trade show in Chicago generated its fair share of heated discussion, with some industry experts arguing there was no cause to spend money on an exhibition in such a tough market while others were just as convinced that it was exactly the sort of statement the industry needed to make.