12 Pavilions Enable Attendees to Cover 5 Co-Located Shows

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Members of the media are invited to attend the co-located Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) East, Atlantic Design & Manufacturing, EastPack PLASTEC East, and Ingredients Expo shows at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York, June 15-17. The event will consist of 1,750 exhibiting companies and is expected to attract 32,000 visitors. The combined event will feature 12 product pavilions, including:

   * Automation Technology                 * Medical Electronics
   * CAD/CAM/PDM                           * MEDPAK
   * Contract Manufacturing                * Packaging
   * Cosmetic and Personal Care            * Pharmaceutical and
      Packaging                               Nutraceutical Packaging
   * Electronics                           * PrecisionTec
   * Enterprise Technology                 * U.S. Mold Builders

In addition to the exposition, the co-located event will offer the following 15 conference sessions:

   *  FDA Update
   *  Practical Software Validation
   *  Lean Manufacturing: A Business Strategy to Increase Revenues and
      Improve Profitability
   *  Medical Package Design
   *  Packaging Validation and Compliance
   *  ISO 13485: Do You Understand It? Are You Ready for It?
   *  Technological Breakthroughs for Improving Medical Device Design and
      Manufacturing
   *  Practical Process Validation Solutions to Industry Processes
   *  Effective Design and Sterilization of Plastic Medical Devices: A
      Manufacturer's View
   *  The Complete QSR -- Five Years Later
   *  Risk Analysis and Management: a Medical Device Workshop
   *  Materials Selection and Evaluation for Medical Devices
   *  The Use of Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing Principles in the
      Development: Design Excellence
   *  Materials Failure Analysis
   *  The Use of Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing Principles in the
      Development: Process Excellence

For additional information on the co-located event, please contact Dan Cutrone, Customer & Media Relations Manager for Canon Communications LLC at 310/445-4200 or via e-mail at Email Contact. Produced and managed by Canon Communications LLC, the New York event is part of the company's worldwide family of trade shows. Information on all of Canon's shows can be found at http://www.canontradeshows.com/ or by calling 310/445-4200.

CONTACT: Dan Cutrone, Customer & Media Relations Manager of Canon
Communications LLC, +1-310-445-4200, Email Contact

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