Where Engineers Turn Possibility Into Progress
For engineers, what's next only matters if it works.
A new material has to perform. A new process has to improve production. A new technology has to solve a real problem. And a promising idea eventually has to make the leap from concept to application.
That is what makes NPE2027: The Plastics Show valuable for engineers. It's a chance to evaluate materials, machinery, automation, and software side by side to see what works so you can make more confident decisions.
Across the show floor, engineers can see materials, machinery, tooling, automation, software, and processing technologies in action, then talk directly with the people who design, build, and support them. It's an opportunity to compare solutions, ask detailed questions, and find new approaches to the challenges already on your project list.
At NPE2027, Next Is Now means getting closer to the technologies that can move your work forward. Instead of researching each piece of the process separately, you can compare solutions across the plastics value chain in one place and see how they work together.
Explore Five Technology Zones
With thousands of exhibitors to discover, NPE2027's five Technology Zones help engineers focus their time around the areas most relevant to their work.
Materials Zone
Explore resins, additives, compounds, and advanced materials that can influence product performance, weight, cost, and compliance.
Manufacturing Services Zone
Explore prototyping, additive manufacturing, and 3D and 4D printing technologies built to create fully functional, cost-effective plastic parts—plus the Manufacturers Association for Plastics Processors (MAPP) Pavilion, where you can connect with dozens of MAPP members.
Moldmaking Zone
Compare mold design, components, fabrication, software, and maintenance solutions focused on precision, durability, quality, and cycle-time performance—plus the American Mold Builders Association Pavilion, where you can meet premier U.S.-based mold builders.
Bottle Zone, Supported by PETplanet
Explore blow molding, barrier technologies, PET processes, labeling, filling, capping, inspection, and other solutions spanning bottle and container packaging.
Recycling & Sustainability Zone
See systems, materials, and processes focused on recycling, circularity, waste reduction, and evolving industry requirements.
Together, they create a clearer path through the technologies shaping plastics engineering today. Learn more about the Technology Zones.
See Engineering Solutions in Action
Technical specifications tell you part of the story. Seeing a solution operate can tell you much more.
With more than 2,200 exhibiting companies across 1.1 million net square feet of exhibit space, NPE2027 lets you see technologies at work so you can evaluate how they could fit into your own applications.
Explore advancements across areas including:
- Advanced materials, resins, additives, and compounds
- Injection molding, extrusion, blow molding, and other processing technologies
- Automation, robotics, controls, and data-driven manufacturing
- Molds, dies, tooling, and precision manufacturing solutions
- Simulation, design, and production software
- Materials handling and secondary processing equipment
- Recycling technologies and solutions designed for greater circularity
Find Better Answers to Tough Design Challenges
Engineering decisions rarely come down to one requirement.
Performance has to be balanced with cost. Durability may need to coexist with lightweighting. Designs need to account for manufacturability, scalability, regulatory requirements, and increasingly, end-of-life considerations.
NPE2027 gives engineers access to the people, products, and technologies tackling those tradeoffs every day.
Talk directly with suppliers about material properties. Compare processing approaches. Explore technologies that could reduce cycle times, improve precision, simplify production, or open new possibilities for product design.
For deeper technical education, Expo+ attendees can attend ANTEC® technical sessions covering polymer science, plastics engineering, processing, materials, design, and manufacturing, connecting research and engineering insight with the technologies on the show floor. Expo registration includes the exhibit halls and show floor stages; Expo+ adds this curated technical programming.
Bring the questions your team is working through now. Leave with better options, new contacts, and a clearer path to solving your challenges.
Connect With the People Behind the Technology
The best technical questions rarely fit on a product sheet. NPE2027 gives you direct access to the people who know the technology best.
NPE2027 brings engineers together with suppliers, technical specialists, manufacturers, researchers, and other industry professionals from around the world.
Ask how a material behaves under specific conditions. Discuss whether a technology can integrate into an existing process. Compare approaches with peers facing similar challenges. Start conversations that could lead to future testing, development, or collaboration.
Bring Your Next Challenge to NPE2027
Engineering is about turning possibility into something that performs in the real world.
At NPE2027, May 3-7 in Orlando, FL, you can explore the technologies making that possible across materials, design, manufacturing, automation, tooling, and sustainability.
See what works. Ask better questions. Compare what is possible. Then bring home ideas you can put to work on your next project.