The Midwest’s only annual end-to-end design and manufacturing event bringing together engineering and manufacturing experts in the plastics industry at Plastec Minneapolis. Together with Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M), Automation Technology Expo (ATX), Design & Manufacturing Minneapolis (D&M), and MinnPack, this 5-in-1 exp, connects buyers across plastics with medtech, design, packaging, and automation — all in one place.
Plastics and plastic dependent industries combined employ 850,000 people in Minnesota.1
Minnesota is 4th in plastics patents per capita in the United States.2
3D printing plastics dominate the US additive manufacturing materials market and are expected to experience a 24% 2023-2030 CAGR with revenue reaching $5.4B.3
With more than 500 exhibitors, attendees rely on Advanced Manufacturing Minneapolis for sourcing and partnerships.
Leveraging Informa Markets’ extensive database, Plastec Minneapolis attracts leaders from OMEs like:
3M
BASF Corporation
Bausch + Lomb
Cargill
Dupont
ExxonMobil
Honeywell
John Deere
Johnson & Johnson
Lockheed Martin
Medtronic
MGC Diagnostics
Nexa3D
Northrop Grumman
Panasonic
Phillips
Polaris Industries
Saint-Gobain
Tesla
Toro
Plastec Minneapolis is home to the Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) Conference. The MD&M: Medical Polymers track, organized by SPE’s Medical Plastics Division, brings together world-class academic and industry experts to discuss trends in medical polymers. New polymeric materials, processing, designs, regulations, and sustainability trends will be reviewed, with a focus on academic and industry from the greater Minneapolis area. Attendees will have the opportunity to come up to speed with these topics and network with the medical polymer community.