The NPE2009 International Plastics Showcase will take place June 22 to 26 at Chicago's McCormick Place. A total of 2,000 companies will exhibit, with more than a third coming from outside the U.S. About 75,000 plastics professionals from 120 countries are also expected to register. The event is produced by the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. (SPI) of Washington, D.C. Co-located with NPE2009 will be the Society of Plastics Engineers' ANTEC 2009, the world’s largest plastics technical conference, and the MoldMaking Expo 2009 show and conference. For more information, visit www.npe.org.