April 9-11 | Pulp & Beyond Conference, Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre, Helsinki, Finland (www.pulpandbeyond.com)
April 14-17 | TAPPI FlexPack PLACE Conference, San Diego, CA, (https://events.tappiflexible.org/)
April 17-18 | Converters Expo, Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI (https://www.packagingstrategies.com/converters-expo)
April 17-19 Paperboard Packaging Council 2024 Spring Outlook and Strategies Conference, Omni Frisco Hotel, Frisco, Texas (https://paperbox.org/event/2024-spring-meeting/)
April 23-25 | Power Packs Live, Green Bay, Wisconsin, (https://www.bwconvertingsolutions.com/power-packs-live)
April 30-May 2 | American Coatings Show 2024, Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, Indiana (https://american-coatings-show.com/)
May 5-8 | FORUM/Infoflex 2024, Kansas City, MO (https://forum.flexography.org/ and https://infoflex.flexography.org/)
May 6-10 | NPE, Orlando, FL (https://npe.org/)
May 26-June 7 | Print & Digital Convention/drupa, Dusseldorf, Germany (https://www.printdigitalconvention.de/de)
May 29- 31 | Global Pouch Forum, Sheraton Sand Key Resort, Clearwater, Fl (https://www.packagingstrategies.com/global-pouch-forum)
June 17-21 | IAPRI World Packaging Conference, Novi, Michigan (https://iapri2024.itene.com/registration)
June 25-27 | Adhesives & Bonding Expo, Novi, Michigan (https://www.adhesivesandbondingexpo.com/)
July 17-20| World of Wipes® (WOW) International Conference, Minneapolis, MN (worldofwipes.org)
September 8-12 | SuperCorrExpo, Orlando, FL, (https://supercorrexpo.org/?_SuperCorrExpo_)
September 10-12 | Printing United Expo, Las Vegas, NV (https://www.printingunited.com/)
September 10-12 | Labelexpo Americas, Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Chicago (https://www.labelexpo-americas.com/)
September 11-13 | IMFA Annual Conference, Carlsbad, California (https://www.imfa.org/26th-annual-conference/)
September 12-13 | LiftEx Gold Coast, Australia (https://events.leeaint.com/liftex-gold-coast)
September 17-19 | FlexForward Conference, Charlotte, NC (https://www.flexpack.org/events/fall-conference-2024)
September 24-26 | R2R USA Conference, Charlotte, NC (https://www.rolltoroll.org/2024-r2r-usa)
October 7-10 | The Battery Show North America, Huntington Place, Detroit, MI, (https://www.thebatteryshow.com/en/home.html)
October 28-31 | All In Print China, Shanghai New International Expo Center, (https://www.allinprint.com/en/)
November 3-6 | Pack Expo, Chicago, IL (https://www.packexpointernational.com/)
November 18-20 | Shanghai World of Packaging, Shanghai New International Expo Centre (www.swop-online.com)
2025 Events
April 1-3 | Label Expo Mexico, Guadalajara, Mexico (https://www.labelexpo-mexico.com/)
April 29-May 1 | Fit Expo, Miami Beach, FLA (https://www.filtxpo.com/)
September 29-October 1 | Pack Expo Las Vegas, NV (https://www.packexpolasvegas.com/)
October 1-2, 2024 | RISE® (Research, Innovation & Science for Engineered Fabrics), Raleigh, NC (riseconf.net)
Oct 8-15 | K 2025, Messe Düsseldorf (www.k-online.com)
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