NPE2018 was the largest in show history, with 2,174 exhibiting companies occupying more than 1.2 million net square feet of sold-out exhibit floor space.
Attendance rose by 1.7 percent over that of NPE2015 to 56,034 confirmed registered attendees from almost 19,000 unique companies according to show data.
More than 2,100 companies from 121 countries gathered at NPE2018: The Plastics Show in Orlando, Florida last month to make new investments and debut manufacturing technologies, with more than 21.7 million pounds of freight brought into the show.
Attracting a global audience, 49 percent of exhibiting companies and 27 percent of registrants came from outside of the United States representing 121 countries with 3,351 and 3,965 registrants from China and Latin America.
Exhibiting companies came from 35 nations with representatives from those companies hailing from 63 countries outside the United States.
William R. Carteaux, Show Producer, PLASTICS President and CEO,said: “We sold out our exhibit floor nearly 14 months in advance of the show and worked diligently to accommodate the companies who were unable to secure space during our Space Draw.”
Paul Caprio, President of KraussMaffei Group,added: “We had a tremendous amount of booth activity, with a lot of new visitors plus many existing customers who stopped by to see our latest innovations. We also topped our lead count with over 1,200 leads versus about 900 from three years ago."
