March 21-23
PHILADELPHIA, PA USA
2028
Tuesday, March 21, 2028: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Wednesday, March 22, 2028: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Thursday, March 23, 2028: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Tuesday, March 21, 2028: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Wednesday, March 22, 2028: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Thursday, March 23, 2028: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
PACK EXPO East is a comprehensive packaging and processing industry trade show, held every two years in Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Exhibit Halls A-C
1101 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA USA 19107
www.paconvention.com
Tuesday, March 21, 2028: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Wednesday, March 22, 2028: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Thursday, March 23, 2028: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Registration will open in September 2027. Priority registration is only $30 (through March 3, 2028); the regular rate is $130. Registration includes the Opening Reception and free educational opportunities on the show floor.
Yes! If you book with the PACK EXPO East Hotel Reservation Office (Expovision) via the Travel & Hotel page of this website, you will get the best available room rates for the dates of the show.
The hotel reservation system will open in April 2027.
Please beware of third-party hotel broker scams that may demand pre-payment and then oversell rooms. Expovision will require a credit card or signed check to hold your booking but will NOT charge a deposit.
No, all PACK EXPO East hotels in our room block are located within a few minutes’ walk of the convention center, so no shuttle services will be provided.
More than 40 vertical industries, including all types of consumer packaged goods, are represented at PACK EXPO East. Primarily: Food and Beverage, Life Sciences (Pharmaceuticals, Biologics, Nutraceuticals and Medical Devices), Cosmetics and Personal Care, Household and Industrial Chemicals.
Yes, PACK EXPO East and the Pennsylvania Convention Center are committed to making the show accessible. The convention center has elevators and accessible restrooms as well as scooter rental, available on a first-come, first-served basis, through Scootaround, located at the UPS Store on the 200 level of the convention center.
For handicap-accessible parking, please contact show management at expo@pmmi.org.
Unauthorized photography and videotaping are prohibited. You must obtain permission from the exhibitor prior to videotaping or taking pictures. No cameras or recording devices are permitted in the educational sessions.
No one under 16 years of age (including infants) will be permitted onto the exhibit floor at any time during move-in or move-out. No one under the age of 14 will be permitted onto the exhibit floor anytime during show days.
All kinds of packaging and processing solutions are on display, including:
There are several garages in the vicinity, including the Convention Center Parking Facility® at Broad and Arch Streets.
Yes, attendees will have access to free Wi-Fi via the PACK EXPO network. No password is required.
There are two Lactation Suites within the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Suites are located on Level 2, between Halls A and B, and on the street level at the Broad Street and Arch Street entrance (near Meeting Room 126).
To become an exhibitor, you must submit an exhibit space application online and pay a non-refundable deposit. If we receive your application and deposit by February 1, 2027, your booth will be assigned as part of Priority Booth Selection. After February 1, 2027, booths will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. To learn more and start the process, go to Reserve My Booth.
PMMI member space rates vary, but the standard rate is $34.25 per square foot and includes drayage/material handling. If you are a PMMI Member and would like to know your space rate, please call us at 571.612.3200 or email expo@pmmi.org.
Drayage/material handling is included in your space rate, provided your shipment/truck checks in at the Pennsylvania Convention Center by 12:00 pm on your assigned target move-in date. See the Rules & Regulations for additional information and special assessment pricing.
Drayage is the moving of the exhibitor’s machinery, etc., off the exhibitor’s truck at the dock, to the exhibitor’s booth and back to the dock to be loaded back onto the truck. Drayage is included in the price of your booth space—a benefit that other packaging and processing trade shows do not offer.
A nonrefundable 25% deposit should accompany your Exhibit Space Application. An additional 50% payment is due by July 19, 2027. Final payment is due October 18, 2027. If you have questions about payment for your booth space, please contact PMMI's Accounting department at accounting@pmmi.org or 571.612.3200.
Booths that are 599 sq. ft. and under have a maximum 12’ height restriction (no hanging signs permitted), booths 600-1499 sq. ft. have a maximum 14’ height restriction and booths 1500 sq. ft. and over have a maximum 18’ height restriction. Setback and line-of-sight rules apply. For more information, please consult the complete Rules & Regulations.
Exhibitors can register as many booth personnel as they want, for free, up until the priority registration deadline (about one month before the show). After that, you will be charged $15 per badge. All badges must be picked up on-site. Registration will open in September 2027.
Login to the Exhibitor Resource Center (available March 2027) and complete all items in the “Complete Profile” section to populate your Online Listing. This includes a company description, product categories, vertical markets, any applicable upgrade items and more. The Show Contact for your company must create a new password the first time they log into the Exhibitor Resource Center for PACK EXPO East 2028. The Show Contact can then invite other company contacts to create logins if additional staff members need access.
All exhibiting companies are provided a complimentary online directory listing that includes:
Contact your exhibit sales representative about upgrading your complimentary online directory listing. Package upgrades help you increase visibility and make a stronger impression on buyers. More details coming soon.
Your 25% deposit on exhibit space is nonrefundable and nontransferable. For cancellations received after July 19, 2027, and by October 18, 2027, the exhibitor will forfeit any monies paid to date up to 75% of the total booth cost, with a maximum forfeiture of $10,000*. For cancellations received after October 18, 2027, the exhibitor is obligated to pay the total cost of space assigned.
For details, see the Rules & Regulations.
Each exhibitor is assigned a priority point for space selection. PACK EXPO East, PACK EXPO International, PACK EXPO Southeast and PACK EXPO Las Vegas hold separate priority standings. By exhibiting continuously, and by those ahead of you in priority not exhibiting, an exhibitor begins to move up the priority point system. Choosing not to exhibit at other PACK EXPO shows does not affect your PACK EXPO East priority status. For more information, please review the Priority Point Process.
Our official move-in/move-out and freight services contractor is PACK EXPO Services. Contact expo@pmmi.org for details.
Move In/Move out, Freight Services – PACK EXPO Services
Larry Gibas Jr.
Email: PES.Service@packexposervices.com
For general questions, contact:
PMMI
12930 Worldgate Drive, Suite 200
Herndon, VA 20170
Email: expo@pmmi.org
Phone: 571.612.3200
For exhibit sales questions and sponsorship opportunities, contact:
Daniel Smith
Exhibit Sales Manager
Phone: 312.205.7935
Email: sales@pmmi.org
Patrick Bradley
National Accounts Manager
Phone: 571.266.4413
Email: sales@pmmi.org
For show-related advertising opportunities in Packaging World, Healthcare Packaging, or OEM, visit pmmimediagroup.com or call 800.355.5595.
If you are interested in speaking at PACK EXPO East, please contact Kendall Schulte, Trade Show Operations Specialist, at kschulte@pmmi.org.
PMMI does not sell or rent attendee email lists due to our strict adherence to data protection and privacy laws. Any solicitation claiming to have the email list of PACK EXPO East attendees, or attendee lists from any PACK EXPO show, is fraudulent. If you are contacted by third-party companies via email, phone, or fax, offering email lists, please be aware that the information they offer should be considered entirely suspect as we do not allow access to the contact information of show attendees. We encourage you to block the sender, delete the email, and report scams to the U.S.FTC fraud division. When reporting, select “An Impersonator”, followed by “Well-Known or Trusted Business”. If you receive a solicitation and are unsure of the vendor’s affiliation with PMMI or PACK EXPO East, please contact the PMMI Show Department at 571.612.3200 or expo@pmmi.org. To learn more about reliable lead generation and show attendee targeting opportunities, including the option to purchase a one-time use of the Attendee Mailing List (through a third-party mail house) contact your PMMI Media Group sales consultant
Any professionals involved in packaging or processing operations should attend, including:
Priority registration, through March 3, 2028: $30. Regular rate: $130.
Yes, attendees can register onsite at the Pennsylvania Convention Center for $130.
While there is no group rate for PACK EXPO East, the priority rate of $30 per person is very reasonable for groups wanting to attend.
Registration includes show floor access, free educational sessions at stages on the show floor, networking receptions, a mobile app and My Show Planner agenda-building tool.
No, attendee show badges will be available for onsite pick-up. Attendees will receive an email confirmation. Bring your printed or digital confirmation to the Pennsylvania Convention Center and follow signs to the badge pickup area.
Yes, PACK EXPO East exhibitors may offer promo codes to their customers for complimentary registration. Simply enter the promo code during registration and the fee will be waived.
Our best discount is the priority rate of $30, which saves you $100 off the standard rate.
Yes, you will be able to contact exhibitors and schedule appointments via My Show Planner, which includes exhibitor and product search functions, and exhibitor listings with contact information.
Yes, networking receptions are included with your registration! You can find the details at the Networking & Special Events dropdown under The Show.
No. Solicitation or “suitcasing” of any kind by non-exhibitors is strictly prohibited. Attendees observed soliciting business in the aisles or other public spaces, or in another company’s booth, will be ejected from the show and may be banned from future events at PMMI’s sole discretion.
“Suitcasing” refers to the practice of attending a trade show and soliciting business from other attendees and exhibitors in the aisles or public space. For the good of the show and the exhibitors supporting the show, the only legitimate place to conduct business during Show hours is within a contracted exhibit space on the show floor. Exhibiting companies are encouraged to protect their investment and report any violations to Show Management.
If you sell a product or service and are interested in promotion, please contract for a booth space. For information on exhibiting please visit packexpoeast.com/exhibiting.
