NPE2018 opens with estimated record crowd

^{NPE2018: The Plastics Show is expected to have record breaking attendance with the show officially opening today.}

The show’s opening ceremony included remarks from Orange County mayor Teresa Jacobs, Plastics Industry Association (Plastics) president and CEO William R. Carteaux, Plastics chair of the Board of Directors Wylie Royce and NPE2018 chair Glenn Anderson.

This year’s NPE includes new additions including the Plastics Leadership Summit and the Re|focus Sustainability & Recycling Summit, two co-located educational events for sustainability and C-suite executives, respectively.

William R. Carteaux, president and CEO of Plastics, said: “We’ve intentionally designed programming for attendees who’ve expressed interest in expanded educational opportunities at NPE. We’ve created the Plastics Leadership Summit and co-located the annual Re|focus Sustainability & Recycling Summit to bolster on-site learning. We also announced a 100% waste diversion goal to further our industry’s commitment to the environment.”

Over 2,100 companies are exhibiting at the show, displaying innovations in plastics across the 1.2 million square feet of exhibition space.

An estimated crowd of over 11,000 attendees will be making business connections throughout the show. The show’s theme this year is “We’ve got it covered” and attendees will uncover innovation, business intelligence and opportunity, as they gain exclusive access to the people, processes, science and ideas that are shaping the future of plastics.