PACK EXPO Reportedly Largest Ever
Show owner and producer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, reported that PACK EXPO International and Pharma EXPO 2016 was the largest show in the history of PACK EXPO. A record breaking 2,512 exhibitors spread over an 1.25 million net square feet of exhibit space welcomed more than 47,000 targeted buyers. One reportedly well-received new addition to PACK EXPO International’s long list of convenience-en- hancing features was the NextGEN Networking Fair, the event that connected both supplier companies and consumer goods manufacturers with student tal- ent in the Education and Workforce Development Pavilion. Fourteen teams of students from 10 partner schools also participated in the Amazing Packaging Race, sponsored by ASCO. A team made up of undergrads from Indiana State University, Cal Poly,Virginia Tech and Rutgers Univer- sity took home iPads for finishing first in the seventh annual competition.ASCO also awarded $5,000 acad- emic scholarships to Nathaniel Weger, a junior at the University of Iowa, and Quinnlan Sweeney, a junior at Clemson University.
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