NPE: The Plastics Show · Orange County Convention Center · Orlando

NPE Trade Show Booth Rentals

The largest plastics trade show in the Americas happens once every three years. Your booth gets one shot at it.

Fixed-price NPE exhibits — design, fabrication, graphics, freight, installation and dismantle in one number that doesn’t move. Pre-built, lit and photo-approved before it ships, so what stands up on a floor full of running machinery has already stood up once.

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May 3-7, 2027Show dates · auto-updated
Orange County Convention CenterVenue
OrlandoCity
Advance orders close ~Mar 8, 2027
51,000+Attendees on the floor
2,200+Exhibitors competing
24 hrConcepts and a fixed quote back
1Project manager, end to end
Built for brands that sell to industry

The kind of booth a machinery floor can’t drown out

NPE attendees walk a floor where injection moulding machines, extruders and thermoformers are running live. A booth that competes with that on noise loses; the ones that win give processors, moulders and materials buyers a clear place to have a real conversation. The work below is how we build for exactly that — custom structures designed around the demo and the meeting, with every project moving through one team from first rendering to dismantle.

Know the floor before you plan the booth

NPE isn’t an ordinary show floor. It’s a working factory.

NPE fills the Orange County Convention Center — both the West and South buildings — with machinery that runs live all week, co-located with SPE’s ANTEC conference. Which building you’re in changes your freight window, your rigging plan and who walks past you; and because the show comes only once every three years, a planning mistake doesn’t cost you a quarter. It costs you the cycle.

OCCC — two buildings, one show

West & South buildings

NPE spans both the West and South buildings of the Orange County Convention Center — different docks, different move-in rhythms, different foot-traffic patterns. A freight plan written for “the OCCC” isn’t a plan. We confirm your building and hall before anything is designed, and schedule freight and labour to that building’s docks, not the show’s mailing address.

A floor of running machinery

Live equipment dominates

Injection moulders, extruders and full production cells run live on the NPE floor — the biggest machines are their own architecture. Trying to out-shout them is a losing game. What cuts through is a clean, confident brand statement: clear sightlines, disciplined graphics, one message readable from the aisle, and a layout that turns machinery-fatigued walkers into seated conversations.

The triennial calendar

Once every three years

A triennial show means budgets are set well ahead — often a full year out — and there’s no “we’ll fix it next year.” Everything about the booth has to be right the first time. The upside of planning early is real: full design freedom, advance rates on every show order, and a fixed number your finance team can carry through the whole cycle without amendment.

What we handle at NPE
  • Building-specific design — sightlines planned for your actual placement
  • Layout submission and show approval, filed early
  • Electrical, rigging and material handling calculated and filed at advance rates
  • Union labour coordination and on-site supervision
  • COI, EAC and exhibitor-manual deadlines mapped to our calendar
  • Dock target times, dismantle, pack and outbound freight
Billed by the show, not by us

Booth space, drayage, rigging, electricity, cleaning and internet are billed to every exhibitor directly by the show and venue — no exhibit house can absorb them and none should claim to. What we do is calculate them for your exact booth before you commit, and file every order at advance rather than floor rates.

  • Booth space
  • Electrical drops and floor distribution
  • Material handling (drayage)
  • Rigging, if you’re hanging a sign
  • Vacuuming / daily cleaning · internet
Why a fixed price matters most here

A budget set a year out should survive to show week

A triennial show is where exhibit-house invoices grow the most: labour hours over estimate, revisions rebilled as change orders, graphics reprints, supervision time nobody flagged — all landing against a budget your finance team locked months earlier. Our model is the opposite — the number you approve is the number you pay, contractually. Design revisions are unlimited until you approve. The quote and the final invoice are the same document.

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One number, and it holds

Design, fabrication, graphics, furniture, lighting, freight, installation, dismantle and project management in a single fixed price.

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Proven before it ships

Your booth stands fully assembled and lit at our 65,000 sq ft facility, and you approve photographs of the actual build — not a render.

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Show costs, known up front

Space, electrical, drayage and rigging calculated for your exact booth before you commit — so the total is a number, not a range.

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The paperwork is ours

COI, EAC, electrical, rigging, freight windows — filed at advance rates, mapped to every exhibitor-manual deadline. Nothing lands on your desk three days before it’s due.

We quote higher and cost less. That’s the whole argument, and it’s why every booth below is published with its price rather than hidden behind a “request a quote” form.

Available for NPE

NPE-ready booths, with real prices

Every booth below is priced for Orlando and available as a custom build for your brand — rented, not bought. Use the finder at the top of the page to narrow by size and budget.

Or jump straight to your footprint

One click — the catalog opens already filtered to your size and Orlando pricing.

Working backwards from show week

Your real deadline is in early March

The advance-order cutoff lands weeks before the show opens — the exact dates for the current edition are in the facts strip at the top of this page, and it updates automatically. Because NPE runs once every three years, the timeline below has no second chances built into it: every advance rate you miss is money gone for the whole cycle, not until next year.

SEP–NOVBrief, concepts and the fixed price locked. Full design freedom.
DECEMBERLayout submitted for show approval — building and placement confirmed.
JAN–FEBGraphics finalised and sent to production.
EARLY MARDesign locked. Advance electrical, rigging and drayage orders filed. After this, everything costs floor rates.
MID-MARFreight window and dock target time booked for your building.
APRILBooth built, lit and photographed for your approval — before it ships to Orlando.
SHOW WEEKCrew installs in your move-in slot. You walk in at handover.
Take this to every vendor

Five questions to ask anyone quoting your NPE booth

Put these to every exhibit house you’re comparing — including us. They separate the vendors that stand behind a number from the ones whose estimate is an opening position. Our answers are printed here so you can hold us to them.

1 Will you put the total price in writing before I sign — and hold it? Ours: yes. Every booth on this page is published with its price. The quote and the final invoice are the same number, contractually. Printed above · hold us to it
2 Do design revisions become change orders? Ours: never. Revisions are unlimited until you approve, and the price is locked before design starts — a better idea in January costs nothing.
3 Will I see my actual booth before it ships — or a render? Ours: the actual booth, fully assembled and lit at our facility, photographed for your sign-off before it ships to Orlando. Renders are promises; photographs are evidence. On a show that comes once every three years, evidence wins.
4 Who files my advance show orders, and at which rate? Ours: we do, at advance rates, mapped to every exhibitor-manual deadline. Drayage, rigging and electrical at a machinery show are real money — if a vendor can’t answer this immediately, that’s your answer.
5 Do you know which OCCC building my booth is in — and does your plan change with it? Ours: it’s the first thing we confirm. West and South buildings have different docks and different move-in rhythms; freight, labour and install supervision are scheduled to your building, not to the show in general.
In their words

What event managers say after the show

★★★★★
“They never just build the booth and disappear — I always know I have someone on call and ready to jump in when the unexpected inevitably happens. That level of responsiveness makes a huge difference in high-pressure event environments.”
Amanda Horner · Three years of booth programmes · Google Review
★★★★★
“I’ve worked with Pure Exhibits for almost a year now, and have had such a great experience! They are our go-to for trade shows, and create memorable booths that represent our brand well. The team is incredibly responsive and reliable.”
Lexi von Schottenstein · Google Review
★★★★★
“It’s always a pleasure to work with Utsav. The process is simple, straightforward, and high quality. I have worked with them for 3 years now and will continue!”
Carlos Bautista · Three-year client · Google Review
★★★★★
“Their team is incredibly flexible throughout the design process and truly collaborative in bringing ideas to life. I highly recommend Pure Exhibits to anyone looking for a reliable, thoughtful, and experienced exhibit partner.”
Amanda Horner · Google Review
Questions NPE exhibitors actually ask

NPE booth rental FAQs

How much does an NPE booth rental cost?
Every booth on this page is published with its Orlando price — fixed, covering design, fabrication, graphics, freight, installation, dismantle and project management. Separately, the show and venue bill you directly for booth space, drayage, rigging, electricity, cleaning and internet; we calculate those for your exact booth before you commit and file the orders at advance rates, so the total is known before you sign anything.
When should I book a booth for NPE?
Earlier than for an annual show. NPE runs once every three years, so budgets are typically approved well ahead and the serious exhibitors lock designs the autumn before. Aim to have your design locked by early March of the show year, when advance orders are due — the exact dates for the current edition are in the facts strip at the top of this page and update automatically.
NPE only happens every three years — does that change how I should plan?
Yes, in two ways. First, there’s no next-year correction: whatever stands in Orlando is your brand’s plastics-industry presence for the full cycle, so the design has to be right the first time — which is exactly why we photo-approve the built booth before it ships. Second, missing an advance-rate deadline costs you for three years of impact, not one. Working backwards from show week, with a partner who files everything early, matters more here than at any annual event.
My booth is in the West building — or is it South? Does it matter?
It matters operationally and it matters for design. NPE fills both the West and South buildings of the Orange County Convention Center, each with its own docks, move-in rhythm and traffic patterns. We confirm your building and hall before anything is designed or booked, plan sightlines for your actual placement, and schedule freight and labour to that building’s docks.
How do I compete with exhibitors running full-size machinery?
Don’t try to out-machine them. On a floor dominated by running equipment, a clean, disciplined brand statement stands out precisely because it isn’t one more moving part: one message readable from the aisle, good lighting, and a layout that gives buyers a place to sit down and talk numbers. We design for the floor NPE actually is, not for a render on a white background.
Will a rental look custom, or will it look reused?
Every booth is fabricated for your brand — custom graphics, layout, lighting and finishes on a modular structure underneath. The builds shown above are rentals. Before yours ships, it stands fully assembled and lit at our 65,000 sq ft facility and you approve photographs of the actual booth, not a render.
Can I install the booth myself to save on labour?
Show floors at the OCCC run on contracted labour, and the show’s rules govern who may build what. Either way it isn’t your problem to arrange: labour coordination and on-site supervision are inside our fixed price, and every related order is filed at advance rather than floor rates.
What happens if something goes wrong during move-in?
Your project manager and our install supervisor are on site through move-in and reachable across show days. Because everything was assembled and checked before shipping, the problems that usually surface at this stage — missing hardware, graphics that don’t fit, panels that won’t seat — have already been found and fixed on our floor, weeks earlier.
A vendor just fell through. How fast can you deliver an NPE booth?
Four to six weeks from approval to show floor for complete pre-built, photo-verified booths from 10×10 through 20×40 — at the same fixed price as a six-month lead time, with no rush surcharge. The sooner you call, the more of the advance-rate window we can still capture for your show orders.
Fixed pricing · Pre-built & photo-approved · Full-service support

Exhibit at NPE with zero surprises.

Tell us your footprint, your building if you know it, and what the booth needs to do. You’ll have design concepts and one fixed price back within 24 hours — including what the show will bill you directly.

Or call us directly — (800) 379-8451