Debut show ushering in the new ICE age for converting industry

摘要

If a successful, high-profile trade show is a true-tell sign of how the industry is doing, then next year's debut of ICE USA in Orlando, Fla., is a welcome indication that things are finally looking up for North American package printers and converters after a fairly prolonged lean spell. Scheduled to run at Orlando's spanking new Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) on April 6-8, 2011, the inaugural U.S. edition of the highly successful ICE (International Converting Exhibition) exhibition series-originally launched several years ago in Munich, Germany-fills a notable void in the North American converting industry for a leading dedicated, comprehensive and focused converting technologies showcase, according to the ICE show organizers Mack Brooks Inc., Burlington, Mass.-based subsidiary of the U.K.-headquartered Mack Brooks Exhibition Group.