The competition is designed to encourage high school students to get creative while inspiring the next generation in packaging. 

The 2018 PACK EXPO International, held from October 14-17, convened nearly 45,000 attendees with 2,500 exhibitors over 1.25 million net square feet at McCormick Place in Chicago. Show owner and producer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, reported 457 new exhibitors this year.