Packaging Professionals Need to be Cloned!

This years HBA Expo in New York is scheduled to run at the same time the PACK Expo will be running in Las Vegas.

Exhibiting in a trade show is a ton of work and a huge commitment of time and money if you want to do it right so why in the world would trade shows in the packaging industry shows book conflicting dates? Even just walking a trade show and getting the most bang for the buck requires time effort and follow up.

The PACK Expo going on from September 26th to the 28th in Las Vegas boasts that it is “the largest and most comprehensive packaging show in the Western Hemisphere, and the only place you need to go to find the latest cutting-edge packaging and processing solutions.” and claims to have more than 1,200 packaging and processing exhibitors in 500,000 square feet.

PACK Expo Exhibit Hours:

• September 26th, to 28th 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

The HBA Expo running from September 27th to the 29th in New York has been a huge show for the health and beauty industry for 12 consecutive years will have 575 exhibitors from 65 countries in 289,000 square feet and claims it is expecting 16,601 attendees.

HBA Expo Exhibit Hours:

• September 27 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.


• September 28 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.


• September 29 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

So what is a small to mid size company do when conflicting shows which both have value to the many of the same packaging professionals do? Both shows have exceptional opportunities for packaging professionals and great conferences and lectures by the who’s who of packaging and manufacturing and processing. The choice is tough and time won’t permit me from visiting both so I am going to the HBA Expo and will have to hear second hand what the PACK Expo was all about.

If you haven’t booked either of the shows the time to do it is now as my preferred hotels in New York were running out of show rate rooms last week.

Too bad cloning is not an option!