Raw materials suppliers to host Customer Service Centers at NPE2015

WASHINGTON, DC–Many raw material suppliers that will participate in the NPE2015: The International Plastics Showcase, are planning to host “Customer Service Centers” where they can engage with processors, designers, OEM/Brand, and other business professionals in comfortable facilities convenient to the exhibit floor, according to SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association, which produces the triennial NPE.

Nine companies have so far committed to purchase space for Customer Service Centers, and several more firms are in discussions with SPI. The eight include The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), DSM Engineering Plastics, DuPont, Eastman Chemical Company, ExxonMobil Chemical Company, Formosa Plastics, LyondellBasell, PPG Industries, and Westlake Chemical Company. The Dow experience will be particularly extensive, accounting for a space rivaling the largest booth on the exhibit floor.

 The Customer Service Centers, accounting for over 62,000 sq.ft. (5,760 sq.m), will enable NPE2015 visitors to meet with current or prospective material suppliers in settings conducive to discussion, information exchange, and relationship building. Visitors will have the opportunity to engage with supplier executives, salespeople, or technical experts appropriate to their interests. Many of material suppliers will also be conducting private tours of the exhibit floor to showcase machines using their materials.

The increased involvement of raw material suppliers is in line with NPE’s efforts to provide more material education as well as showcase material impacts in design, production, recycling, and reuse. NPE2015 is on track to be the largest NPE in years and poised to equal NPE’s largest event ever, NPE2000. Over 950,000 square feet (88,250 sq.m) of space has already been secured, and the show is at 94% of capacity. In addition, more than 350 exhibitors report that they will be running equipment on the show floor. For more information, visit: www.npe.org.