McCormick Place, Chicago · 18–21 October 2026
Our team will be walking PACK EXPO International this year rather than exhibiting, which honestly makes for better conversations. No stand to staff, no queue behind you — just time to sit down and go through your line properly.
If you are specifying filling or sealing equipment, or you have a line that is not delivering what it was supposed to, book a slot below and we will make time.
The most useful meetings we have at shows are the ones where someone arrives with specifics. If you have them to hand:
None of it is required. But bring even two of those and the conversation goes somewhere useful rather than staying general.
Working out the throughput you actually need from your volumes, shift hours, changeover and cleaning time — not from a headline machine speed.
Viscous pastes, inclusions and particulates, oil separation, products that behave differently at temperature.
Why seals fail, how to specify against your real shelf life and distribution route, and catching failures inline.
Treating changeover and washdown as capacity rather than housekeeping, and where it can realistically be reduced.
Which step to automate first when full automation is not yet justified, and how to avoid buying twice.
FDA, USDA, ISO 9001 and CE requirements, and what hygienic design means for cleaning time in practice.
Tell us roughly when suits and what you would like to cover. We will come back to confirm a time and place at McCormick Place.
PACK EXPO International is organised by PMMI and runs at McCormick Place in Chicago from 18 to 21 October 2026. It is the largest packaging and processing event in North America, covering machinery, materials, automation and containers across the food, beverage, pharmaceutical and consumer goods sectors.
Registration and full show information are on the PMMI trade shows page.