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PACK EXPO International 2026

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McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, United States2301 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60616
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PACK EXPO International 2026 — Chicago, Illinois, United States

About this exhibition

Large packaging and processing trade show serving food, beverage, pharma, consumer goods and other manufacturing sectors.

Why exhibit

PACK EXPO is promoted to suppliers as a way to reach packaging and processing decision-makers and demonstrate equipment in operation. PMMI currently markets access to roughly 48,000 packaging and processing professionals. Exhibitors can use the event to generate sales leads, demonstrate machinery, launch technologies, meet engineers and purchasing professionals, increase brand visibility and establish relationships with CPG and manufacturing companies

Why visit

Visitors can see machines operating rather than relying only on brochures or online specifications, compare multiple suppliers, evaluate automation solutions, discuss applications directly with technical specialists and attend free education. The organizer emphasizes automation, digitalization, new equipment, materials, processing technologies and cross-industry ideas as key attendee benefits

Exhibitor profile

Suitable exhibitors include companies providing packaging machinery, processing machinery, automation and robotics, containers, films and packaging materials, printing/coding/marking/labeling systems, supply-chain technology, warehouse/logistics equipment, track-and-trace systems, food-processing machinery, pharmaceutical and medical-device packaging, reusable packaging, components and manufacturing services.

Visitor profile

PACK EXPO serves more than 40 vertical markets. Official materials specifically identify industries such as food and beverage, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, logistics and supply chain, pet food, personal care and other consumer packaged goods and processing industries.

About the organiser

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, produces the PACK EXPO portfolio of trade shows. PMMI currently represents more than 1,100 manufacturers and suppliers of packaging and processing equipment, components, materials and related services. Its work includes PACK EXPO trade shows, industry research, workforce development, business intelligence and media.

Speakers

involve many supplier, association and industry experts across the education stages. The official program is already published session-by-session.

Sessions

PACK EXPO International 2026 has 150+ free educational sessions across five main show-

Sponsors

The event has numerous sponsorships attached to specific programs and show-floor areas. For example, the official networking page lists Morrison Container Handling Solutions and ProMach/PowHER Women's Resource Group among PPWLN Breakfast Gold sponsors, with BW Packaging, Dassault Systèmes, Duravant, Plexpack, Ryson International and Septimatech Group among Silver sponsors. The Candy Bar Lounge is sponsored by Syntegon.

Partners

PACK EXPO International has a formal Partner Association program, and the partner organizations are housed in the Association Partner Pavilion in the North Hall, N-4000s booths. The official live partner page confirms the 2026 partner program, although its current machine-readable page does not expose the individual names reliably.

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