Pack Expo hosts largest Las Vegas show yet
Pack Expo International 2013, which took place Sept. 23-25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, was the trade show’s largest event in Las Vegas yet, according to PMMI, the Reston, Va.-based host of the event. In fact, in early estimates, the association for packaging and processing technologies reported an attendance increase of 7.4 percent to 27,759 attendees, a 15.5 percent increase in exhibitors to 1,788 companies, and a 14.7 percent increase in net square footage to 722,437 net square feet, all compared with the 2011 show, which also set event records.
Below are some of the exhibitor highlights from the 2013 show.
Emerson Industrial Automation
Schneider Packaging Equipment Co.
Schneider Packaging Equipment Co.'s new Robox BPR uses a Fanuc robot to pack a variety of bottles in neck-up, neck-down, alternating or lay-down formations at speeds as fast as 160 bottles a minute. (Image courtesy of Schneider Packaging Equipment Co.)
Kluber greases
Klüber highlighted its portfolio of multi-purpose, food-grade greases. (Image courtesy of Klüber Lubrication North America L.P.)
