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PACK EXPO International 2026 Exhibitors List & Attendees List

Find the exhibitors, attendees, companies and decision-makers behind this Packing & Packaging event.

The PACK EXPO International 2026 Exhibitors List and PACK EXPO International 2026 Attendees List help teams prioritize accounts and contacts around the event in Chicago. The full event list is available.

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Date

18 – 21 October 2026

Location

Chicago, United States

Attendees

48,500+

Exhibitors

2700+

Industry

Packing & Packaging

Event type

Trade Show

Data freshness follows the event's lifecycle and refresh schedule.

Attendees
48500 +
Exhibitors
2700 +
Industry segments
6
Audience profiles
8

PACK EXPO International Key Facts

Dates, venue and format, verified against the organiser's information.

Event name

PACK EXPO International 2026

Dates

18 – 21 October 2026

Venue

McCormick Place

City

Chicago

Country

United States

Industry

Packing & Packaging

Event type

Trade Show

Frequency

Biennial

Edition

2026

PACK EXPO International Overview

PACK EXPO International is the largest packaging and processing trade show in the Americas, organised by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. Held every two years at McCormick Place in Chicago, it covers machinery, materials, automation and processing technology for more than 40 vertical industries including food, beverage, pharmaceuticals and consumer goods.

The PACK EXPO International 2026 Exhibitors List and Attendees List from VisitorsList give you business contacts from both groups.

Why Packing & Packaging Companies Watch PACK EXPO International

PACK EXPO International is where brand owners, packaging buyers, print managers and production teams meet packaging manufacturers, print service providers, machinery and materials suppliers in Chicago. Both sides arrive with budgets, projects and partnership plans.

The PACK EXPO International 2026 Exhibitors List shows who is selling and launching; the Attendees List shows who is evaluating and buying.

VisitorsList turns exhibitors and attendees into targetable contacts for outreach before, during and after the event.

48,500+

Attendees

2700+

Exhibitors

6

Industry segments

Why Teams Prospect Here

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Exhibitor Data

Company information and business contacts from the PACK EXPO International 2026 Exhibitors List.

Exhibitor categories

Data fields

Attendee Intelligence

Professionals attending the event, profiled by role, company and industry.

Attendee categories

Data fields

How the PACK EXPO International Audience Breaks Down

How exhibitors and attendees split across industries.

Industry mix

*VisitorsList estimate, based on available VisitorsList data and previous editions of this event.

What the Data Shows

Largest industry

Printing & labelling

Key professional group

Print & production managers

Major company type

Printers & packaging manufacturers

Primary event role

Equipment and materials sourcing

Buyers come to compare equipment and materials side by side, so exhibitors use the attendee list to follow up on active purchasing projects.

Find the companies and professionals that matter to your business.

See What the Data Looks Like

Sample preview with demo records. Contact details are masked.

Company

Contact

Job Title

Industry

Location

Company Type

Business Email

Event Relationship

Brightline Print

J. M. ••••

Managing Director

Printing

Birmingham, UK

Print service provider

•••••@brightline.example

Attendee

FlexiPack Machinery

A. K. ••••

Sales Director

Machinery

Bologna, IT

Manufacturer

•••••@flexipack.example

Exhibitor

GreenForm Materials

S. O. ••••

Head of Business Development

Materials

Rotterdam, NL

Supplier

•••••@greenform.example

Exhibitor

Maple Consumer Brands

M. R. ••••

Packaging Manager

Consumer Goods

Manchester, UK

Brand owner

•••••@maple.example

Attendee

LabelWorks

L. P. ••••

Operations Manager

Labelling

Leeds, UK

Converter

•••••@labelworks.example

Attendee

InkFlow Systems

D. H. ••••

Channel Manager

Consumables

Frankfurt, DE

Supplier

•••••@inkflow.example

Exhibitor

Inside the PACK EXPO International 2026 Exhibitors List

Layered records you can filter and act on.

P

Person

C

Company

E

Event relationship

T

Targeting

Who You'll Find at the Event

The profiles most often seen at Packing & Packaging events.

Packaging buyers

Materials and formats

Print managers

Presses and finishing

Brand owners

Pack design and launches

Production managers

Lines and automation

Procurement leads

Supplier selection

Sustainability leads

Recyclable materials

Designers

Structural and graphic design

Distributors

Equipment and consumables

Plan Outreach Around the Event

A simple plan for each phase of the event.

Before the event

Build pipeline before the doors open.

During the event

Focus your team on high-fit conversations.

After the event

Turn conversations into revenue.

How VisitorsList Builds Event Data

Each dataset is researched for this event, then checked and refreshed.

Event identified

Participants researched

Companies mapped

Decision-makers identified

Contact data enriched

Records verified

Campaign-ready dataset

Research

Exhibitors and participants are identified from event sources.

Enrichment

Companies are matched to roles and business contacts.

Verification

Records go through data quality checks.

Ongoing review

Data is refreshed on the event’s lifecycle.

Past Editions

Only editions held in VisitorsList are shown.

2026 · Current

Current

18 – 21 October 2026

McCormick Place, Chicago

Pre-event PACK EXPO International 2026 Exhibitors List and Attendees List available now.

2024 · Previous edition

Historical

3 - 6 Nov 2024

Chicago, USA

McCormick Place; 48,000 attendees, 2,700 exhibitors, 1.3M net sq ft

2022 · Previous edition

Historical

23 - 26 Oct 2022

Chicago, USA

McCormick Place; 44,000+ attendees, 2,200 exhibitors

Start Prospecting PACK EXPO International 2026 Today

Reach exhibitors, attendees, companies and decision-makers with event-specific business data.

Common Questions

The 2024 edition set records with 48,000 attendees, 2,700 exhibitors and 1.3 million net square feet, for a total attendance of 77,500 including exhibitor personnel. The 2026 show occupies all four McCormick Place buildings with 2,700+ exhibitors.

It is a list of companies exhibiting at the event, including packaging manufacturers, print service providers, machinery and materials suppliers, with business contact details where available.

It includes attendee names, job titles, companies, industries and business contacts where available.

It takes place on 18 – 21 October 2026 at McCormick Place in Chicago, United States. Frequency: Biennial.

The latest figures list 48.5k+ Visitors, 2700+ Exhibitors. The PACK EXPO International 2026 Exhibitors List and Attendees List are built from these participants.

Exhibitors include packaging manufacturers, print service providers, machinery and materials suppliers serving the Packing & Packaging market.

Attendees include brand owners, packaging buyers, print managers and production teams.

Yes. Both the PACK EXPO International 2026 Exhibitors List and the Attendees List are available.

Yes. You can filter by industry, job function, seniority, company size and country.

Yes. After 18 – 21 October 2026, the full list is prepared the next day.

Use it to plan meetings ahead of the show, to invite visitors to your stand, and to follow up with the right people once the event is over. Filtering by seniority and job function keeps every campaign focused on decision-makers.

You receive a CSV or Excel file that works with most CRM and email platforms. Fields are labelled consistently, so the records can be merged with your own data or split into segments for different campaigns.

Four to six weeks before the opening is a good starting point, while schedules are still being built. Short reminders during the show and a structured follow-up afterwards help turn conversations into opportunities.

An event audience is self-selected: companies that exhibit or send staff are investing in the Packing & Packaging market, which makes these contacts more responsive than a generic industry list.