The Pharmaceutical Pavilion and The Rx Lounge aim to help pharmaceutical brand owners locate industry suppliers during Pack Expo Las Vegas 2013 (www.packexpo.com).
Billed as “the premier packaging and processing trade event,” PELV is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 23-25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. More than 26,000 attendees are expected at the show, which will include at least 1,600 exhibitors demonstrating equipment, materials, components, and services within 700,000 net sq ft of space. Show owner/organizer, PMMI (www.pmmi.org) says, “Pack Expo has always had a strong presence in pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing. Historically, upward of 18 percent of end users who attend Pack Expo have identified themselves as pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, while one-third of all the exhibitors at Pack Expo are suppliers to the pharmaceutical industry.”Among the pharmaceutical/medical device technologies solutions planned for PELV are cutting-edge automation and easy-to-use controls, new developments in serialization and tracking, advances in product protection and anti-counterfeiting, components for specialized packaging lines, robotics, hygienic design, and cleaning and allergen control. The Pharmaceutial Pavilion will be located in the Central Hall at the center. The pavilion was recently endorsed by the Intl. Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE, www.ispe.org). In May, PMMI and ISPE announced the debut of Pharma Expo, set to co-locate with 2014’s Pack Expo Intl. event in Chicago, Nov. 2-5, in the West Building at McCormick Place. The event plans to connect pharmaceutical, medical device, and nutraceutical manufacturers with packaging, processing, and other supply chain technologies. Pack Expo announced in June that more than 20 trade groups representing show attendees and their industries will take part at the Las Vegas event.
“Pavilions help attendees focus their time at Pack Expo, giving them a starting point for finding the technologies they came for,” says PMMI President & CEO Charles D. Yuska. “The lounges add a networking aspect, and having industry-leading associations serving at the ‘ask the expert’ desks adds another layer of depth.”
