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Pack up! Pack Expo returns to Chicago

 

 
More than 50,000 attendees are expected at the exhibit and conference. Pack Expo International 2002, running Nov. 3 to 7 at Chicago's McCormick Place, showcases the latest in packaging machinery, converting machinery, materials, packages and containers, controls, software, components, fabrication, robotics, and design systems. More than 50,000 attendees are expected at the exhibit and conference, including over 6,000 international visitors from more than 60 countries. Over 1,600 exhibitors represent a variety of industries, including food and beverage, dairy and meat, pharmaceutical and medical, chemical/household, computer, electronics, converting, volume printing, toys and games, aerospace, entertainment, private label, seafood, wineries, confectionery, bakery, and snack food. The three-day conference portion includes three Eye Opener Plenary Sessions featuring representatives of Georgia-Pacific, Ernst & Young, WalMart Stores, General Mills, and Osram Sylvania. The Eye Opener Plenary Sessions are included at no additional charge to registrants of the Pack Expo conference. Show attendees not registered for the conference can still attend

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