PACK EXPO International 2012, this year’s largest packaging and processing trade, took place at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL from October 28-31 and featured 1,965 exhibiting companies on 1.1 million net square feet. Preregistrations were up 10 percent from 2010, and attendance rose 3 percent to 45,300 despite extreme weather on the East Coast. PACK EXPO continues its schedule of events with PACK EXPO Las Vegas from September 23-25, 2013.