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Healthcare Packaging EXPO: The Biggest Packaging Event of the Year

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Ready to tackle your next packaging challenge? Sometimes you have to step outside the office to see new technologies in action. There’s nowhere better than the biggest event of the year for the packaging sector, Healthcare Packaging EXPO, co-located with PACK EXPO International, taking place at Chicago’s McCormick Place from October 14 to 17. 

Produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, Healthcare Packaging EXPO returns in full force with packaging innovation for pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device manufacturers. Also making its return this year is the Packaging & Processing Hall of Fame, after a four-year hiatus, to honor new inductees.

These combined events will bring together 2,500 exhibitors showcasing their processing and packaging innovations to 50,000 attendees in more than 1.2 million net sq ft of exhibit space.

The world market for pharmaceutical packaging is forecast to grow 4.1% through 2021, faster than any other packaging segment, according to PMMI’s Global Trends Impacting the Market for Packaging Machinery 2018 report. 

Another recent PMMI white paper, Five Factors Spur Growth in Pharmaceutical Packaging and Processing Equipment, notes that innovation will be required, as the need for easy-to-open packaging is growing. Global pharmaceutical spending will continue to rise, with brand spending forecasted to reach between $815-832 billion in 2021, and global generic spending expected to surpass $500 billion by 2021.

Healthcare Packaging EXPO offers the widest range of packaging technology solutions–including equipment, product and service providers, logistics suppliers and contract manufacturers–for pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in North America.

Medical Device Innovations Report
Cutting-edge packaging technologies are transforming the medical device sector in PMMI’s “Innovation in Medical Device” report, featuring advanced materials, smart solutions, and evolving regulations. Editors share insights from nearly 300 PACK EXPO booth visits—each product deemed new and truly innovative—alongside video demonstrations of the equipment and materials on display.
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Medical Device Innovations Report
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