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LOOKING AHEAD What Major Trade Shows are on Tap for October? High Point Fall Market OCTOBER 13-18 High Point Market, High Point, NC Te semi-annual mix of temporary and permanent exhibit space gives High Point Market plenty of room for the latest in home furnishings. Te Fall show runs five days and has 11.5 million gross square feet of exhibit space in a truly citywide event. About 2,000 exhibitors will be registered and attendance is projected at 80,000. Te show's temporary space has been growing as the economy chugs along. Te High Point Market Authority said the Made in America pavilion and Juried Salon area had both been expanded to 32,000 net square feet (nsf). Te buzz for exhibitors and attendees both has been ramped up through Style Spotters, an exciting social media program that deploys nine individuals known for their design expertise. Tey will file dis- patches and photos from the show floor on Pinterest that reflect products and developing trends that caught their eye. Style Spotters is a nice bonus for exhibi- tors that are spotlighted, and it polishes the reputation of High Point Market as a key event in the furnishings and design industries. "Our entire social media strat- egy is in place to increase brand aware- ness, build a community within the home furnishings world, and provide customer service," said Cheminne Taylor-Smith, vice president of marketing for the High Point Market Authority. Reach Cheminne Taylor-Smith at (336) 888- 3227 or cheminne@highpointmarket.org PACK EXPO International OCTOBER 28-31 McCormick Place, Chicago, IL 3 on the TSE Gold 100 Exhibit space at the long-running Chicago machinery show will top 1 million nsf and attendance is expected to hit 46,000. As always, PACK EXPO will cover the gamut of the packaging industry and will include support from different industry associations that will provide input and 12 August 2012 | Trade Show Executive endorsements for various pavilions and other special features on the show floor. Te Packaging Machinery Manufac- turers Institute (PMMI) this year struck a partnership deal with the Chicago and Midwest chapters of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering. Te two organizations will work together on the Rx Lounge, which will be a gather- ing place for attendees and exhibitors specializing in putting medications in boxes, bottles and blister packs. PMMI takes the lounge concept a step further by attaching a digital Connected Com- munity to many of them. Te Connected Community acts as a pre-show rallying point for each lounge and is also a contact point for attendees and exhibitors during and aſter the event. PMMI this year launches a community for the beverage sector in conjunction with its new Beverage Cooler Lounge. "Tere are commonalities between the needs of specific market niches for pack- aging and processing, but each market has its own unique qualities, too," said Charles Yuska, president & CEO of PMMI. "Te lounges at PACK EXPO and the Connected Communities online PACK EXPO Intl. expand the opportunities industry pro- fessionals in those markets have to meet and share ideas." Reach Chuck Yuska at (703) 243-8555 or cyuska@pmmi.org GRAPH EXPO 2012 OCTOBER 7-10 McCormick Place, Chicago, IL 63 on the TSE Gold 100 An expanded educational program including more side trips to Chicagoland printing plants awaits attendees at GRAPH EXPO 2012, taking place at McCormick Place. GRAPH EXPO is billed as the largest graphics communications trade show in the Western Hemisphere. Tere will be more than 50 seminars and workshops covering a dozen market segments, in- cluding several in the digital arena as well as the traditional "ink-on-paper" segment. Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC) also expanded its in-plant education tract, which sends attendees to working printing plants around the Chicago area to give them a first-hand look at technol- ogy and practices in operation. Ralph Nappi, president of GASC, said the expansion was in response to a recent SEMA Show