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NPE2009 - a success amid downturn
Post date : 08/07/2009 09:41

 
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NPE2009, the five-day International Plastics Showcase held in Chicago's McCormick Place, closed on June 26 after exhibiting a high level of strength, a big contrast with the current gloomy economic condition.

This year's NPE2009 consisted of an unprecedented array of co-located events, including more than 1,000 presentations, moldmaking and rapid product development trade shows, the first International Plastics Design Competition, multi-exhibitor pavilions for emerging and specialized technologies and other contents.

More than 1,800 exhibiting companies participated in the trade show taking up 88,000 square meters of paid space. The preliminary total number of visitors amounted to 44,000, representing a 30% fall from the number recorded at NPE2006. The number of companies represented by registrants also dropped by 17%.

"Over and over during NPE week, exhibitors and attendees rated NPE2009 a success as a showplace for innovation and a marketplace for doing business," said William R. Carteaux, President and CEO of SPI. "With very difficult economic times and travel reductions caused by concerns about the H1N1 pandemic, it came as no surprise that attendee delegations were smaller than in 2006, but those company representatives that did come to NPE2009 were typically significant players with real purchasing power."

Internationality remained a prominent element of the NPE2009. Attendee registrants came from 101 countries, with those from Canada and Mexico making up the largest national groups. One-third of the exhibitors came from outside the United States. China and Canada were the first and second largest overseas exhibitor groups. There were 29 "country" delegations that were organized groups of attendees from various countries.

Exhibitor highlight

The photo shows Mark Miao, General Manager of Avian (Shanghai) Machinery Co Ltd at the company's booth. Pictured is Joachim Bormann, Sales Manager - Marketing of Breyer GmbH Maschinenfabrik.Pictured is Bill Ju, General Manager of Shandong Brother Science & Technology Co Ltd.
Larry Doyle, VP, Global Sales & Marketing from the Conair Group, Inc. is demonstrating the new exhibit. Brian Levey, VP, Industrial Products from Datacolor, is demonstrating the
operation of the pigment matching software. 		Hilmar Heithorst (middle), Dr Collinˇ¦s Marketing Director, Sales & Service, and his colleague Franz Grajewski (left), the companyˇ¦s Technical Director, join Andrew J. Haesler, a management from Dr Collinˇ¦s sub-company Polymers & Machinery Inc., in the picture.
Pictured is Manfred Hackl, CEO of EREMA Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen GmbH. President Fang Guozhen (fourth from the right) of Ningbo Fangli Group Co Ltd joins Assistant Manager Sunny Zhang (middle) and fellow colleagues in the group photo. Pictured is Dott. Alessandro Grassi, General Manager of Frigosystem.
Managing Director Giorgio Colombo (right) of ICMA San Giorgio SpA joins Process Engineer - Direct Extrusion Systems Sergio Ferioli in the picture. Pictured is Will Xu, General Manager of Jinghong Machinery Co Ltd. General Manager Sun Zheng (left) of Kechuang Plastics Compounding Co Ltd joins his colleagues in the picture.
Regional Account Manager - North & South America Underwater Palletizing Systems Neil Philip of BKG Bruckmann & Kreyenborg Granuliertechnik GmbH is demonstrating the new exhibit. P. C. Joshi (left), Chief Operating Officer (New Business) from Lohia Starlinger Ltd joins his colleague in the picture.Pictured is Renato Moretto, President of Moretto SpA.
Anthony J. Eagan (left) and Robert Grace, Publisher and Associate Publisher & Conference Director from Plastics News Global Group.Richard Walton (right), Membership Director of Rapra Ltd joins North America Marketing Manager Laura Woods in the picture. Reliance Industries Ltd makes debut appearance at NPE2009. The photo shows Pranav Patil, General Manager - Knowledge Management & Business Promotion (Polymers Sector).
The photo shows Sam Yao, Project Manager of Smargon Plastic Machinery Co Ltd at the company's booth.Pictured is Marketing Director Walter Jüttner of Starlinger & Co GmbH. Pictured is Satish Padmanabhan, Director & CEO of Steer Engineering Pvt Ltd.
Liu Ping (left), Vice General Manager of Dalian Sunlight Machinery Co Ltd joins Sales Manager Brandon Sun in the picture. Pictured is Terry Zheng, President of Tenderic Machinery Manufacture (China) Co Ltd. Shane O'Callaghan (second from the right), Business Analyst from TSM Control Systems joins his fellow colleagues in the group photo.
Pictured is Wu Guangyue, General Manager of Shanghai Yueyong Mould & Machinery Co Ltd. The TPE / Elastomers Pavilion at NPE2009. A Chicago pipe and drum corps playing the bagpipe music that traditionally celebrates the opening of NPE.


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